JJ Abrams Calls on WGA Members to ‘End Agencies’ Conflicted

“Star Wars: Episode IX” director J.J. Abrams voiced his assist for the Writers Guild of America’s proposed Code of Conduct, which might require businesses to eradicate packaging charges with a view to symbolize writers, in a message despatched Wednesday.

Abrams additionally added his belated assist to an announcement of assist in favor of the Code signed by over 800 showrunners and screenwriters in Hollywood, together with Aaron Sorkin, Shonda Rhimes, Barry Jenkins, David Simon, and Abrams’ longtime collaborator Damon Lindelof.

“Last week I missed my opportunity to sign the Showrunners and Screenwriters Statement of Support,” Abrams wrote. “But I’m not going to miss my chance to vote. … And if you agree with me that it’s finally time to end agencies’ conflicted practices, I urge you to join me and VOTE YES. Approve the Code of Conduct. Let’s give our Guild the power to make a difference for writers at every level and for generations to come.”

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The vote on the Code of Conduct opened to guild members on Wednesday and can stay open via this Sunday. If authorized, the WGA will implement the Code on April 7 and can name on its members to terminate their illustration with any company that doesn’t adhere to it. The Association of Talent Agencies has repeatedly stated in statements over the previous a number of weeks that over 100 of its member businesses have pledged to not comply with any code that removes packaging charges.

The WGA has referred to as packaging charges a “conflict of interest,” saying that it’s a issue within the lack of overscale pay for lower-tier writers by detaching what brokers receives a commission from what they negotiate for his or her purchasers. The guild needs businesses to return to receiving a 10 % fee from their author purchasers versus negotiating a separate charge from studios for packaging offers.

JJ Abrams Calls on WGA Members to ‘End Agencies’ Conflicted Practices’ was final modified: March 28th, 2019 by Ryan Friedman