Showrunner Meeting With WGA Leadership Canceled As Guild Plans Ahead For Studio Talks
deadline.comA meeting between a group of leading showrunners including Kenya Barris and Noah Hawley and WGA leadership has been canceled.
The meeting, which became a hot topic of conversation around Hollywood earlier this week, has been pushed after the WGA and AMPTP agreed to hold new talks aimed at ending the work stoppage that has been going on since May.
Deadline understands that the cancellation of the meeting, which was set to happen today, was a mutual decision as the guild tries to figure out its plan for its latest showdown with the studios.
Yesterday, the AMPTP and the WGA revealed that they would schedule talks next week. The AMPTP said that the two parties are “working to schedule a meeting next week.” “On Wednesday, September 13, the WGA reached out to the AMPTP and asked for a meeting to move negotiations forward.
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