Wow, the Writers Guild vs. Talent Agencies feud is getting nasty [View all]

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I know this is inside baseball stuff, but those of us who deal with Hollywood are watching it play out with mouths agape. The Writers Guild (screenwriters) want to be able to use their own managers and lawyers to find writing gigs and negotiate contracts, and cut out the talent agents, who have been skimming profits from writers for years. (Lawyers are already the ones who do the contracts anyway.) The ATA is now firing back, threatening any lawyers or managers who dare work with writers on this.

Agents are supposed to work on behalf of their clients (the writers.) Instead, it turns out Agents have been using the writers as lowly factory workers while raking in huge profits on behalf of their true secret masters -- venture capitalists.

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/ata-wga-managers-lawyers-legal-fight-1203192938/