"The WGA Strike: Uncovering Hidden Money and Differing Objectives"

Chris Keyser, co-chair of the Writers Guild of America’s negotiating committee, discusses the ongoing writers strike and the guild’s standoff with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers over issues such as the use of artificial intelligence and mini-rooms. Keyser also addresses the gray areas of what writers who are also directors and producers can and can’t do during the strike, the narrative that the studios and streamers wanted the work stoppage to balance books after sizable COVID losses, and how this strike is different from the one in 2007-08.