Writers’ Strike

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Maybe if guild-free independent film makers, writers, etc take opportunity to grab some attention while the rest are on hiatus...if timing works out for them.

Though it's not like this changes anything for non-guild filmmakers. They were still doing their thing before the strike and will continue doing their thing during it. It's not like their output level is suddenly going to go up.

And this doesn't really affect things the way you might think. A studio can still, for example, pull a script out of the drawer that somebody pitched 2 years ago, and put that movie into production tomorrow. Also, there's nothing stopping a director from "rewriting" the script on the fly, as they're shooting. There is nothing that guarantees a screenwriter's script has to be adhered to, 100%, word for word, because that's ridiculous.