JackFetch Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 This is the list of movies being fast tracked into production before the strike hits along with the date they are trying to start working on them. COLUMBIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES Feb ANGELS AND DEMONS 18-Feb BOND 22 7-Jan-08 BROTHERS 27-Nov JULIE AND JULIA March NICK AND NORAH's 22-Oct SEVEN POUNDS Late Feb STEP BROTHERS THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 19-Feb YEAR ONE 14-Jan DIMENSION FILMS COMEBACK 7-Nov DISNEY BEDTIME STORIES 28-Jan CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC 15-Jan ESCAPE FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN March 08 HANNA MONTANA HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 PROPOSAL WHEN IN ROME MAYBE DREAMWORKS 1000 WORDS March EAGLE EYE November GHOST TOWN Nov HOTEL FOR DOGS 29-Oct LOVELY BONES November THE SOLOIST Jan WEDNESDAY 28-Jan FOX NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 8-Mar DRAGON BALL Z FALL 08 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 12/3/2007 WOLVERINE 7-Nov FOX 2000 MAGNETO 1-Jan FOX ATOMIC TICKET TO RIDE Nov. 8, 07 12 ROUNDS Feb FOCUS BFF March HARVEY MILK 14-Jan HBO GREY GARDENS 22-Oct MIRAMAX DOUBT 1-Dec ADVENTURELAND Oct MGM THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR 2 Feb NEW LINE 17- 3-Dec FOR SALE Jan/ Feb FOUR CHRISTMASES 5-Dec GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST 19-Feb MY SISTERS KEEPER 3-Mar PARAMOUNT GI JOE 8-Feb DON READY LIKES CARS 3-Dec HOBSON'S CHOICE MORNING GLORY March STAR TREK 07 November UNTITLED WAYANS BROTHERS UNIVERSAL BARBARELLA BIG BROTHERS CIRQUE DU FREAK Jan or Feb CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON FEB FAST AND FURIOUS 4 4-Feb-08 LAND OF THE LOST End of Feb THE CHANGELING Oct. 15, 07 TRAVELING Jan or Feb WOLFMAN 28-Jan UNITED ARTISTS PINKVILLE 3-Dec WARNER BROTHERS JUSTICE LEAGUE 11-Feb SHANTARAM 10-Jan HEART SHAPED BOX Jan WHITE JAZZ 14-Jan YES MAN 22-Oct WEINSTEIN NINE 1-Mar COMEBACK 7-Nov SOUL MEN SHANGHAI Feb WORKING TITLE GREEN ZONE Feb STATE OF PLAY Mid Nov LOST FOR WORDS 8-Mar THE BOAT THAT ROCKED March 2929 Entertainment BURNING PLANE 5-Nov LAKESHORE THE GAME 5-Nov INDIES A SINGLE MAN end Jan 2008 Amelia Earhart March CHILLED IN MIAMI 7-Jan Dreams of a Dying Heart Jan HUMAN CONTRACT 5-Nov LAST BATTLE DREAMER 18-Nov LOVE RANCH Jan MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS March OLD FASHION ORGY Jan ON THE ROAD Feb PERSONAL EFFECTS 12-Nov REC Nov. 12, 07 SEX DRIVE Nov. 12 THE LAST FULL MEASURE 20-Nov THE LAUNDRY WARRIOR The Open Road Nov. 12, 07 THE RANI Jan THE ROAD 11-Feb THE WRESTLER 7-Jan TREE OF LIFE March WHIP IT March/April http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=38244 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drqshadow Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 12/3/2007 :ohmy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holacik Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Ok what the hell are they striking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Ok what the hell are they striking for? Because they're fucking arseholes. Even though I belong to one, I hate unions because they've gone so far beyond protecting the worker into using workers for their own monetary gain. My union went on illegal strike two years ago (before I was a member, thus barring me from strike pay) for a month. The contract we got after a month? Slightly worse than the one offered two weeks earlier. Interesting tidbit from Warren Ellis: Something interesting to me turned up in Variety this morning. The Writers Guild of America West, the union for film and tv writers, has released its strike rules. They're in the process of negotiating their working conditions for the next few years with the studios. Usually, what happens is that the WGA relies on the Screen Actors Guild or the Directors Guild to make headway, and then the SAG and/or DGA sells them out. This time around, WGA are playing what the Yanqui call "hardball." The strike rules declare that writers may not write animation or "new media" content. This is interesting because WGA has no jurisdiction over animation or new media. Further, they state that any non-union person found writing animation or new media during the course of a strike will be barred from ever joining the Guild. For me, this is a little like a guild of chefs not only banning me from cooking at home, but also barring me from ever entering a restaurant should I be found out. Therefore, if the WGA struck tomorrow, and the notes on the last CASTLEVANIA polish came next week, in no time at all I will have gone from the guy who delivered food to striking firemen to a scab. Funny old world. I understand the WGA's need to go in hard, and there are serious issues to be tackled. But criminalising me for going about my business, that the WGA has no say over...hell, I've written two animated films (MINDBRIDGE, unproduced, and CASTLEVANIA, pre-production) and a cable tv pilot and I don't even qualify for membership in WGA. Bad enough some git associated with the SF Writers of America called me and my friends scabs for releasing work for free on the net. Now I'm being called out as a scab by a union who doesn't even cover the work that I do. Charming. -- W Sounds like a great union doesn't it? Gives a whole new meaning to "they have the money but we have the power" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Unions are some of the most detrimental organizations in this country. They are only in existence to further their own agendas. They don't give a flying fuck about "protecting the worker" or whatever might have been their purpose ages ago. This is no different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holacik Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Unions are some of the most detrimental organizations in this country. They are only in existence to further their own agendas. They don't give a flying fuck about "protecting the worker" or whatever might have been their purpose ages ago. This is no different. Yea really. When I started working at a supermarket, I had to join the union(yea no choice invovled unless I didn't want to work) And was forced to pay a hundred dollar membership fee. 25 bucks over four paychecks of a minimal wage job that wasn't full time, is a bunch of bs. I was in the union for two years and was never noticed of any type of meeting. At least though on that level having some power helps little people maybe get better paychecks and benifits. These days though with sports and entirtainment areas everyone is making money hands over fist, it just seems greedy. What are the repercussions of a writer not being in the guild? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 What are the repercussions of a writer not being in the guild? Not being able to work professionally. Essentially, you have to qualify. Apparently animation and web content don't count. You need a body of work to be considered and a pilot isn't good enough. Funnily enough, I heard an interview with Patton Oswalt who was talking about writing comedy for one of the MTV Awards and he was hired as a Co-Producer not a writer so he wouldn't have to be paid the high WGA wages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted October 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 One of the things they are fighting about is the internet, and how to get money off something digitally released. I feel like you get paid to do a job. After the job is over, all money should go to the company that bought it from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holacik Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 One of the things they are fighting about is the internet, and how to get money off something digitally released. I feel like you get paid to do a job. After the job is over, all money should go to the company that bought it from you. I was under the impression that with intellectual property rights, writers got a piece of the revenue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted October 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 One of the things they are fighting about is the internet, and how to get money off something digitally released. I feel like you get paid to do a job. After the job is over, all money should go to the company that bought it from you. I was under the impression that with intellectual property rights, writers got a piece of the revenue? I don't pretend to know everything about IP, but that was one of the things mentioned about the writer's strike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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