Archive for the ‘Daily Variety’ Category

Troublemaker brings Cryer, Macy, Mann and Spader to Austin

May 29th, 2008

Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann and James Spader star in Warner Bros.’ family comedy adventure “Shorts,” directed by Robert Rodriguez from his own screenplay. Rodriguez (“Spy Kids” trilogy) is also producing the film with Elizabeth Avellan under their Troublemaker Studios banner. Dan Lin, Hunt Lowry and Stacy Cohen exec produce the film, which [...]

SAG, majors agree to extend talks

May 2nd, 2008

In a sign of serious progress at the SAG negotiations, the guild and the majors have agreed to extend bargaining on a new feature-primetime deal until next Tuesday. The SAG talks had been scheduled to conclude Friday after three weeks of no major moves by either side but the guild’s willingness to scale back one [...]

Outlook dim for SAG deal

April 29th, 2008

In a development that will amp up strike fears, hopes for a SAG deal with the majors this week have nearly vanished. With a dozen days of negotiations in the book, progress remains negligible, although both sides have adhered to an unofficial news blackout with no public disclosure on the substance of talks on SAG’s [...]

“SAG talks turn to key issues” Daily Variety

April 21st, 2008

…SAG’s negotiations with the majors will become much more serious after a week of laying the groundwork at meetings at the AMPTP headquarters in Encino…. …But it’s believed that much of the focus is on new-media compensation — which dominated the negotiations on DGA and WGA contracts earlier this year. Though the congloms have indicated [...]