Sky-High Hollywood Exec Pay Is Target in WGA Strike: ‘Workers Who Write Their Shows Can’t Afford Rent’
thewrap.comunable to reach a deal in contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.The guild has shared an infographic that outlines the $773 million in combined salary that eight major Hollywood studio CEOs made in 2021.
They include Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel ($308.2 million), Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav ($246.6 million), Disney’s former chief executive officer Bob Chapek ($32.5 million) and then-executive chairman Bob Iger ($45.9 million), Fox Corporation executive chairman Rupert Murdoch ($31.1 million), Netflix former co-CEO and current executive chairman Reed Hastings ($40.8 million) and co-CEO Ted Sarandos ($38.2 million) and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts ($30 million).“Meanwhile, many of the workers who write their shows can’t afford rent,” the infographic adds. “That’s why the WGA is ready to strike.”All of us at @sagaftra stand with @WGAWest and @WGAEast.
Because this is fucking ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/lE8sYvdQ8N“All of us at @sagaftra stand with WGAWest and @WGAEast,” actor Bradley Whitford tweeted along with the infographic. “Because this is f–ing ridiculous.”In its statement announcing that a deal had not been reached, the WGA said that “mandatory staffing,” and “duration of employment” were the “primary sticking points” when it came to the failed negotiations.
In a side-by-side chart released by the WGA to its members in the email announcing the start of the strike, more information was given on what the two sides were proposing in talks.For its mandatory staffing proposals, the WGA’s proposal called for at least six writers for “mini-rooms,” which are writers rooms created before a project is even greenlit to generate more scripts for studio consideration.
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