Showbiz Sandbox 619: Directors Strike Deal for New Contract With Producers
June 6, 2023
The Directors Guild of America reached a deal with studios, networks and streamers on a new three-year contract avoiding what some believed would be the first true strike in its 87 year history. Entertainment and technology attorney Jonathan Handel joins us to explain the proposed agreement the directors negotiated with producers. He wrote the book on labor in Hollywood, quite literally, as the author of “Hollywood On Strike.”
Meanwhile, Tom Cruise is facing another impossible mission. First he saved Hollywood with Top Gun: Maverick. Now he wants to save his new “Mission: Impossible” movie from being exiled from IMAX screens less than two weeks after it opens in July. We’ll explain what’s going on in the battle over premium screens.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including how the French Open is protecting tennis players from toxic social media, why David Byrne’s upcoming Broadway show has no musicians and which summer blockbusters are sinking at the worldwide box office.
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Jonathan Handel’s Website
https://jhandel.com/
Jonathan Handel on Puck
https://puck.news/author/jonathan-handel
Hollywood On Strike by Jonathan Handel
https://amzn.to/3oHtoRf
‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ Snares $209M Global Bow
https://deadline.com/2023/06/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-china-global-box-office-opening-1235399058/
‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Swings to Huge $120.5M Box Office Opening
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-box-office-opening-1235506732/
Directors Guild Reaches Tentative Deal With Studios and Streamers
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/directors-guild-deal-1235499057/
Hollywood Writers Say the Bosses Make Too Much
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-05-30/writers-strike-executive-pay-compensation-david-zaslav-ted-sarandos-netflix-warner-bros-discover-hollywood-labor
David Byrne Musical Here Lies Love May Face Union Pushback on Lack Of Musicians
https://deadline.com/2023/05/here-lies-love-broadway-musicians-union-pre-recorded-tracks-david-byrne-1235382926
After Years of Ever-shrinking Orchestras, Some Broadway Musicals are Going Big
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/03/1179684527/broadway-big-orchestras-returning-theater-sweeney-todd-josh-groban
Players Detail Drain of Social Media Hate as FFT Seeks Fix
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/37771962/players-detail-drain-social-media-hate-fft-seeks-fix
Cynthia Weil, Who Put Words to That ‘Lovin’ Feeling,’ Dies at 82
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/arts/music/cynthia-weil-dead.html
Robin Wagner, Tony-Winning Set Designer of ‘The Producers,’ Dies at 89
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/robin-wagner-dead-set-designer-the-producers-dreamgirls-1235503056/
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