Monday, January 7, 2008

United Artists can Make Movies Again

NIKKI FINKE has info on a side deal between Tom Cruise-helmed United Artists and the WGA.

That's two Late Night shows and one Movie making studio who don't think the terms the WGA were after were all so unreasonable.

Whatever can it mean?

3 comments:

Matt said...

on the other hand CBS is thinking about airing an edited "broadcast safe" version of Dexter...

I've also heard the rumor that they're thinking about doing the same with Weeds.

Can you imagine?!

Christina said...

Matt - a "broadcast safe" version of Weeds? What, you mean a commercial?

Denis - Weinsteins may be the next to make a deal. Wow!

http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/07/writers-strike-now-the-weinsteins-are-looking-to-deal/

Brent McKee said...

The big thing though is that it is two Late Night shows entirely owned by a company run by a member of the Writers Guild, and a movie-making studio controlled by a member of the Screen Actors Guild. I'm not disagreeing about the deal being unreasonable, but you are talking about two people (Cruise and Letterman) who are essentially predisposed to think it's not unreasonable.