I’ve been presuming all along that the two strikes will slog on and on and ruin the red-carpet aspect of the early fall film festivals and half-destroy award season promotions until they finally end in October or November…best guess.
But then that Guardian story appeared last Saturday, and then last night a director-writer friendo said the following: “There’s been radio silence so that probably means the [Writers Guild] is going to take this deal in principle. [Bob] Iger turned conciliatory and got involved, allowing concessions. The WGA negotiating committee is particularly maladroit (i.e., given to bungling), but Carol [Lombardini] from the AMPTP is skilled and not the heavy here.”
