Striking writers in New York made a bid on Monday to disrupt work on American Horror Story by picketing outside a production facility in Queens where the popular FX series known for its macabre plot lines and star-studded casts is filming season 12.
11.05.2023 - 02:51 / deadline.com
A targeted picketing campaign by the WGA East has made a significant impact on the New York set of Daredevil: Born Again; Deadline has learned from a source on the show that production has been suspended for the rest of the week.
It’s unclear when it will resume.
WGA members began striking Monday outside of Silvercup East, where the Marvel revival is shooting. Because of a sunrise picket, members of the Teamster Local 817 and IATSE Locals 829 and 52 refused to cross the line so the show wrapped around 1 p.m. ET that day with no filming.
Production was supposed to continue the next day but picketers were back in full force. On Tuesday, WGA East declared victory on Twitter by saying “Daredevil in Brooklyn (completely shut down).”
Striking WGA members holding the line and shutting down production of….>”Billions” in Chelsea & Brooklyn>”Daredevil” in Brooklyn (completely shut down)>”Sinking Spring” in Philly#WGAStrong pic.twitter.com/Tj6wdV2ePB
On Wednesday, the unit’s “Rapid Response Squad,” as WGA Strike Captain Warren Leight playfully referred to their “spirited, last minute” picketing group, Daredevil was disrupted yet again — as was Billions. No writers performing guild duties were on those sets, Leight added via Twitter.
Busy day for the RapidResponseSquad, or whatever you call the spirited, last minute #WGAEastStrong up to 10-hour-long picket lines that disrupted then shut down production at Daredevil and Billions in nyc and Sinking Springs in Philly. 1/3
Very grateful to the guilds supporting us -SAGAFTRA, Teamsters, IATSE and others – we know a lot of folks are taking hits on this. We’d like it to end soonPS our understanding is no writers are performing guild services on any of the shows we picketed. They have not
Striking writers in New York made a bid on Monday to disrupt work on American Horror Story by picketing outside a production facility in Queens where the popular FX series known for its macabre plot lines and star-studded casts is filming season 12.
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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Writers Guild of America strike is clearly taking a toll on production, as the Los Angeles permitting agency reported a 69.5% decline in on-location permits last week. FilmLA, which handles permitting for many jurisdictions around L.A. County, reported that there were 111 permits last week for TV and feature films. That includes reality TV, which is not covered by the WGA strike. That figure was down 69.5% from the same week in 2022, when there were 364 permits. The figure does not include permits for commercial shoots, which are also done under a separate contract.
It was a tale of two coasts today, as WGA picketers and their allies targeted Disney’s upfront presentation in New York and also the company’s Burbank lot in Los Angeles. And the two scenes were very different.
EXCLUSIVE: Showtime’s hit drama The Chi, which films entirely in Chicago, has paused production on its upcoming sixth season, effective today. The decision was made Monday after a second consecutive day of shooting was disrupted by WGA strike-related picketing.
Showtime’s The Chi is the latest series whose production has been disrupted by the ongoing writers strike. According to sources, the hit drama, which is based in Chicago, filmed Friday morning before moving to another location, which had a picket line already in place.
Prince William “couldn’t walk for a week” after playing football, ex-England striker Luther Blissett has revealed. The Prince of Wales, 40, discussed his footballing exploits with the former Watford player as he handed out honours at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. Blissett, who was one of the most prominent black English footballers in the 1970s and 80s and the first black footballer to score a hat-trick for England, received an OBE for his services to the sport and for his charity work.The 65 year old, discussing what he and William spoke about during the ceremony, said: “We had just a couple of little words.
On the West Coast, the chief negotiator for the striking Writers Guild of America, Ellen Stutzman, is more than a week into an existential battle between the 20,000 union members she represents and the movie and television studios that are, for now, not at the bargaining table.
As Millie Radford prepares to welcome her third baby, the 22 year old TV star reflected on the “hard times” in a cryptic Instagram post. In recent weeks, Millie has ended up in a public spat with her mum Sue, 48, after the 22 Kids and Counting matriarch whisked away a handful of her kids and grandchildren to Disney World, Florida – with Millie’s children not being included.
Daredevil: Born Again, Marvel’s upcoming revival on Disney+, is the latest New York-based TV series whose production has been disrupted by the WGA strike.
blog post that the writers’ room on the “Game of Thrones” spin-off “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight” has shut down for the duration of the Writers Guild of America strike. “Ira Parker and his incredible staff of young talents are on the picket lines,” Martin said.
Another TV shoot has been disrupted by striking writers, Michelle and Robert King’s supernatural drama for Paramount+ Evil, which has been filming its fourth season at Brooklyn Stages in Brooklyn.
The new movie Love Again, starring Celine Dion, is now in theaters, but sadly you’ll have to wait another week to listen to the full soundtrack.
Earlier this week, the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) announced that Hollywood writers would go on strike.
Sherri Shepherd is reflecting on the power of a good co-worker by speaking up about the ways that former “The View” co-host Rosie O’Donnell taught her “it’s all about paying it forward.”
As striking writers gathered Wednesday afternoon outside Netflix’s Manhattan headquarters, they were greeted by a visitor from what might be considered enemy territory: U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democratic congressman whose 17th district sits in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley.
Sherri Shepherd is reflecting on the power of a good co-worker by speaking up about the ways that former co-host Rosie O'Donnell taught her «it’s all about paying it forward.» Shepherd shared the anecdote while speaking on her show,, with co-host Sunny Hostin about Hostin's new novel. Shepherd and Hostin overlapped at in 2014. «I don't even know if you remember this, but when I signed my deal sheet, you gave me a call,» Hostin said.
called out NBC for only paying the “Tonight Show” staff through the end of the week as the WGA strike unfolds, the show’s crew will now be paid by NBC through the end of next week. Fallon is expected to pay his staff a third week out of his own pocket. “Late Night with Seth Meyers” will also follow suit with Meyers paying his staff for a third week.
At Amazon Ads NewFront presentation Monday, James Marsden took the stage to talk about his new Freevee comedy series Jury Duty, Tracee Ellis Ross was there to discuss her collaboration with Amazon Live on her beauty care line, and writer-producer Shea Serrano spoke about his upcoming Freevee series Primo.