The Writers Guild of America West reached a $5.25 million interest settlement with Disney on late residuals payments for five Fox animated series – The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show and Futurama – the union announced Friday.
It’s the largest interest-only settlement in the WGA’s history, the union said. (The residuals themselves were paid in 2018, late.) The settlement was reached by the guild’s “legal team,” the union announcement to members said, adding that over 250 writers have already received checks.
By way of comparison, the residuals dept. and legal dept. combined usually recover about $1.5 million annually in interest on residuals, across numerous claims, according to figures in the guild’s 2019 annual.
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