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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read an interesting theory the other day that predicted this might be the end of the AMPTP. There are studios out there still making movies because the studios negotiated with SAG/WAG etc separately. A24 for example isn't a part of the AMPTPT so is chugging along. The streamers are what is complicating this, like Netflix is really a very different business model from Disney. At some point when the AMPTP has too diverse needs because their members need different things, then it makes more sense to break up and let producers just negotiate with actors and writers independently. Why should universal accept months of strike and a huge financial hit to help netflix continue to obfuscate streaming metrics, it just doesn't make sense.[/quote]

I'm wondering how long it will take a studio to set up in a right to work state. Stars may be able to hold out indefinitely, but Hollywood can only absorb so many new waiters. I think this has turned existential for both sides. On the one hand, you have writers faced with shorter streaming seasons, smaller writing rooms, and less ability to get paid residuals. The combination could turn writing into gig work incapable of supporting a middle class lifestyle. On the other hand, you have studios losing billions in streaming (netflix excepted). AI is the wild card. From everything I read, the writers expected it to be an easy win and started panicking when the studios refused to budge. The studios know that if they don't do AI, someone else will. I don't think AI will be winning Oscars anytime soon, but do people really think that it's incapable of writing formulaic action movies or rom coms? [/quote]

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