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Trade Roughage 1/18/08
Under discussion:
Atonement
(2007)
Australia
(2008)
27 Dresses
(2008)
Cloverfield
(2008)
Justice League
(2009)
Certainly the biggest news of the past 24 hours is
the DGA’s three-year deal
with the AMPTP, which
could hopefully lead
to a similar deal for the WGA, thereby ending the writer’s strike. It wasn’t that surprising, though, considering directors are used to walking in and not only finishing up but also taking the most credit for something begun by writers. I’m not actually sure if any of
the DGA’s deal
was based on outlines first made by the WGA, but a lot of times in Hollywood the writer’s original work is unrecognizable in the end product. Anne Thompson has the WGA’s statement regarding the DGA agreement
here
.
Meanwhile the writer’s strike
is affecting the UK
. Look for the British to retaliate by ensuring
Atonement
wins every one of the BAFTA awards (including Best Animated Film). Imagine how hard-hit Hollywood will be without the ability to market their films with “BAFTA Winner” plastered on posters and in TV ads.
Meanwhile the writer’s strike
is also affecting Australia
, which is being blamed more heavily than the writer’s strike for Warner Bros.’ decision to
pull the plug
on the
Justice League
movie. Look for Oz to retaliate by ensuring that Baz Luhrman’s
Australia
wins every one of the 2008 Australian Film Institute Awards, which would probably happen anyway.
Apparently it’s a
big
deal
that
Cloverfield
and
27 Dresses
are going head to head at the box office this weekend. It seems the trades want this to be about the boys’ movie versus the girls’ movie, but all the girls I know are going to see the monster movie. Maybe I don’t know the right kind of girls?
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posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 11:01 AM by
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