Alfred Hitchcock He once said that “to make a great film you need three things: the screenplay, screenplay and screenplayNow, for the eighth time since the 1950s, Hollywood is learning that lesson the hard way Guild of Writers of Americawhich brings together the screenwriters of the ever-thriving Hollywood industry, have officially been on strike since May 2, 2023.

This situation means that series and films have had to suspend their productions en masse, more or less like when the world entered a state of pandemic. wonder blade, Stranger Things and all other productions were practically paralyzed.

As reported by the specialized media Moviein a statement announcing the strike, this was said to take place after “six weeks of negotiations with Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Discovery-Warner, NBC Universal, Paramount and Sony”.

other protests

It is not the first time that this union has taken such measures: the harsh protest of 2007 which lasted 100 daysconcluded in 2008, during which many series and films faced similar decisions regarding the delay or cancellation of productions.

The latest WGA strike was so shocking that you can still see it in the movies that were being produced at the time. Remembering what it was like to do Quantum of comfort only with “the basic bones of a screenplay” and no actively working writersDaniel Craig, That 007it was clear: “We were very screwed.”

Some productions try to circumvent the strike with no writers on set. Filming continues for the second season of Andor, a television series developed by lucasfilm. Studies, including Disneythey intimidated writers and producers by ordering them to continue with their obligations.

The fear of artificial intelligence

The writers stop, by the way, for salary issues and out of fear that big studios, prone to increasingly algorithmic films, will replace them artificial intelligence.

Hitchcock didn’t joke about the importance of the script. These are some of the affected productions:

The restart of Lama from Marvel Studios. The company bought back the film rights to Vampire Slayer (Vampires) in 2012 and had a script for a movie about it. Lama in 2013. But it wasn’t until 2019 that a new film was finally announced. Lama, now awaiting resolution.

the same goes for Cobra Kai, where words can sometimes hurt more than punches (the writers’ strike is certainly a stumbling block for season 6). The co-creator Jon Hurwitz wrote on Twitter: “We hate to hit, but if we have to, we hit hard. Pencils in the Cobra Kai writers room. No writers on set.”

The start of production on the fifth and final season of stranger things. The creators Matt and Ross Duffer took to the popular series’ official Twitter account to declare that it “is not possible” to continue without writers.

season 2 of The Lord of the Rings “He has made the unenviable decision to move forward with the job in his second season,” the media said Collider.

Although many productions have apparently stopped filming in the midst of the current writers’ strike, Variety reports that season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power filming will end. Apparently, nothing stops the new tank from Amazon Prime videos.

Executive producers, JD Payne and Patrick McKay, however, will not be present on the set due to the rules of the strike of the Guild of Writers of Americawhich prohibit writers and producers from actively participating during the lockdown.

They will take care of finishing the shooting “directors who don’t write”, who will also be responsible for any creative decisions made on set in the showrunners’ absence.