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“Now, you’re in the sunken place.” If you recognize that line, you know the film whose script the Writers Guild of America just voted as the best of the past 22 years. Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning Get Out tops the WGA’s just-released list of the “101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (So Far)”. See the full…

SAG-AFTRA has established a national committee dedicated to the prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace. "SAG-AFTRA has always been committed to ending sexual harassment," said SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher. "But now more than ever, we are declaring the 'casting couch' officially dead. This newly formed…

Jobs and earnings for SAG-AFTRA members set record highs in the first five months of 2021, rebounding from a near 40% decline last year in the number of members working during the Covid-19 pandemic. Not all members suffered equally last year, however, with freelance males who are 40 and older working 70% more jobs…

The Animation Guild's contract negotiations with the AMPTP have broken off without a deal but will resume later next year. "An agreement was not reached today," Alexandra Drosu, the guild's director of communications and content, told Deadline tonight. "We will have to continue negotiations in the New Year though no…

Contract negotiations between the Animation Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are entering their fifth day – one more than had been scheduled. Major issues for the union include better terms for streaming shows; a significant pay raise for animation writers – who make far less than…

The third day of the Animation Guild's contract negotiations with the AMPTP are underway. The talks Wednesday come in the wake of IATSE's deal for a new film and TV contract, which was narrowly ratified amid growing discontent among IATSE members over pay and working conditions. The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839…

A new organization – the Property Masters Guild – has been formed "to provide professional continuing educational opportunities, cultivate future generations of property masters, and foster greater collaboration amongst property masters and the craft." Joshua Meltzer, whose many credits include Dexter, Will & Grace…

The Directors Guild of America has reached a tentative agreement with the Association of Independent Commercial Producers for a new national commercials contract. The two-year deal, which was approved unanimously at a special meeting of the guild's national board, now goes to the DGA's membership for…

More than 50 prominent showrunners, including J.J. Abrams, Shonda Rhimes and Mike Schur, have signed the WGA West's Safe and Inclusive Workplace Pledge, committing to "partner with the guild in developing best practices proven to drive change, alongside support programs for the wider show-running community that ensure…

The Publicists Guild is out with the TV nominees for its 2022 ICG Publicists Awards, which will be handed out in March. Vying for the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign are the individuals and teams behind Season 2 of the CW’s Batwoman and the inaugural runs of Apple TV+’s Emmy-laden Ted Lasso,…

WGA members have approved a referendum that will create an "Additional Literary Material” screen credit to more accurately reflect the contributions of all writers employed on movie projects. The change, which was approved with a 73% Yes vote by members of the WGA East and West, will give screen credits to hundreds of…

Mark Lanza has been re-elected president of the Motion Picture Sound Editors, the nonprofit organization of professional sound and music editors. Currently based at Sony Pictures Studios, Lanza has been a sound professional for 30 years and is credited on more than 250 feature films and television shows, including JFK…