Here are the first, second and third WGA “Speechless” video spots, conceived by George Hickenlooper and Alan Sereboff. WGAW chief Patrick Verrone has given Deadline Hollywood Daily‘s Nikki Finke an exclusive internet window as a reward for her ceaseless pro-WGA strike coverage.


Laura Linney, Sean Penn, Harvey Keitel, Holly Hunter

Three new videos will show daily throughout Thanksgiving weekend — morning, afternoon and evening. The ones up so far — the first with Holly Hunter, the second with Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss and third with Sean Penn — are pro-level efforts with very high-quality black-and-white resolution.

Hickenlooper is slated to shoot a spot with Woody Allen soon. For purely selfish reasons let’s hope it goes up before the strike is settled. (I’m predicting a resolution by mid-December, or certainly by Xmas.)

“Speechless” #1: (cast) Hunter, Mahadeo Shivraj, Allyson Sereboff, Ashley Smith, George Hickenlooper. (creative team) Hickenlooper, Alan Sereboff, Kamala Lopez, Jill Kushner. (technical team) Joel Marshall, Justin Shumaker, Anthony Marinelli, Clint Bennett.

“Speechless” #2 : (cast) Benjamin, Prentiss. (creative team) George Hickenlooper, Alan Sereboff, Kamala Lopez, Jill Kushner. (technical team) Joel Marshall, Justin Shumaker, Anthony Marinelli, Clint Bennett.

“Speechless” #3: (cast) Sean Penn. (creative team) George Hickenlooper, Alan Sereboff, Kamala Lopez, Jill Kushner. (technical team) Joel Marshall, Justin Shumaker, Anthony Marinelli, Clint Bennett.