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Stranger Things’ Final Season Delayed by the Writers’ Strike

Jed | Hollywood Scholar | May 8, 2023 | 1

Stranger Things, which was recently reinvigorated by the immensely successful and well-received season 4, is the latest production to be affected by the writers’ strike. According to the Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Writers Twitter account: “Writing does not stop when filming begins. While we’r...

Community Movie Delayed by the Writers’ Strike?

Jed | Hollywood Scholar | May 6, 2023 | 0

Will Abed’s hopeful prophecy of “six seasons and a movie” ever come to pass? Because at every turn, the announced Peacock Community movie has been delayed or put in jeopardy by constant issues. After an entire decade, the promised film is closer than it has ever been. Yet, the wr...

Is the Writers’ Strike Really About AI?

AlexGherzo | May 2, 2023 | 0

The big news today is that the Writers’ Guild of America is officially on strike. Their list of demands of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, or AMPTP, includes various forms of “more money,” but that’s not all they want. Other proposals include mandating more writers f...

Hollywood Writers Go on Strike

Jed | Hollywood Scholar | May 2, 2023 | 0

The Writers Guild of America, the WGA, has gone on strike, demanding higher pay in the new streaming-oriented landscape of Hollywood. What does this mean for the average audience member? Very little. At a time when production companies’ stocks are plummeting, budgets are higher, and profits are lo...

LEGO Strikes Back: Rise of Wokeism

BlabberingCollector | Feb 6, 2022 | 0

It’s February, which means all companies are talking about Black History Month. I’m not sure why, but I always thought of LEGO bricks as just bricks, with nothing to do with race or culture. They were simply bricks that anyone of all ages could play with and create something beautiful. Apparentl...

Sony and Naughty Dog Levy DMCA Strikes Against Geeks + Gamers

andrewrodriguez | May 1, 2020 | 9

Nobody in the entertainment industry, be it Hollywood, video games, or otherwise, likes when significant details are leaked to the public. Not only does this typically tend to be a major breach of contract for the parties involved, but it spoils plot details, which, in some cases, can result in pote...