The WGA Strike is (Almost) Over, The Office is Getting Rebooted, and More
/Film Daily
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4.6 • 930 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
On the September 26, 2023 episode of The /Film Show, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by one one to talk about the latest film and TV news.
Opening Banter:
In The News:
- WGA And Studios Reach Tentative Agreement To End Strike
- The Office Reboot Allegedly On The Way With Original Showrunner Calling The Shots
- Sing Street Director John Carney Considered A Sequel, But Here's Why He Won't Make It [Exclusive]
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the slash film show today's Tuesday September 26th |
| 0:04.1 | 2023 on today's episode of the show I'm going to be talking about the latest film and |
| 0:07.8 | TV news my name is Ben Pearson and I'm an editor at slash film.com and I'm joined on this |
| 0:12.0 | episode by no one it's a very busy day at slash film.com and I'm joined on this episode by no one. It's a very busy day at slash |
| 0:15.0 | film.com. Jacob Hall, our lead editor is attending Fantastic Fest. Ryan Scott who normally |
| 0:22.3 | joins me on Tuesdays for box office stuff is traveling today. |
| 0:26.7 | So anyway, we have a lot going on in slash film. |
| 0:29.0 | As always, I encourage anyone listening to this to pop over there and read a bunch of stuff. |
| 0:33.0 | That's where we really need your help. |
| 0:35.0 | So I would always appreciate that. |
| 0:37.0 | All right, let's get into the news today. |
| 0:39.0 | There's some big news. |
| 0:40.0 | After days of long meetings with heads of studios like Bob Iger and Ted Surrandos and David |
| 0:46.3 | Zazlov and Donna Langley, a tentative agreement was reached on Sunday night between |
| 0:51.0 | the WGA and the AMPTP. In a statement to its members between the WGA and the AMPTP. |
| 0:53.0 | In a statement to its members, the WGA called the deal |
| 0:55.7 | exceptional and said it has, quote, |
| 0:57.8 | meaningful gains and protections for writers |
| 1:00.0 | and every sector of the membership." End quote. |
| 1:03.0 | So that is awesome. |
| 1:04.0 | It seems like this writer strike is finally, finally, finally |
| 1:08.0 | about to come to an end. |
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