Oscar-nominated screenwriter Phyllis Nagy said she would run against Writers Guild of America, West’s incumbent president David Goodman, underscoring rising tensions inside the guild over its three-month standoff with agents.
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Phyllis Nagy said she would run against Writers Guild of America West’s incumbent president David Goodman, underscoring rising tensions inside the guild over its three-month standoff with agents.
The latest round of talks between the WGA and the ATA collapsed last month and the parties have turned to the courts to settle their differences, with the WGA suing the big four agencies, and three agencies so far — WME, CAA and UTA — suing the WGA back.“There appears to be no strategy now from the leadership,” Nagy said in an interview with the L.A. Times last week.
In a statement posted online, Nagy said she would not seek to demonize the current leadership and credited them for bringing “important issues concerning agency abuses out into the light.” The dispute between the WGA and the agencies centers on two major issues: packaging fees — the money agencies collect when they assemble talent for projects in lieu of the usual 10% commission — and affiliate production, when agencies or their parent companies own production companies. Writers say both practices present conflicts of interest, creating financial incentives for agents that don’t benefit their clients.
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