guilds in the news

April 8, 2004 on 1:38 pm | In Movies and TV | Comments Off

Just saw some news that Robert Rodriguez has ran into a rough patch over directing the Princess of Mars for Paramount. Apparently he had to resign from the DGA in order to share a co-directing credit with Frank Miller for Sin City. The guild rules don’t allow a member to share credit with a non-member. Paramount’s agreement with the DGA requires it to hire only DGA members, and now Rodriguez is not a member anymore. Messy. It’ll probably get worked out just fine–the DGA will likely consider an exemption for Rodriguez in this situation.

In other news, the WGA is downplaying the possibility of a strike. The Writers’ Guild is currently negotiation for a bigger share of DVD residuals. DVD seems to be on a trend towards an alternate avenue to syndication. Writers would want more income from DVDs if studios decide to skip syndication for shows because that would remove one of their primary sources of income. For shows like Firefly or Wonderfalls that will never see syndication, DVD is possibly the only way they will reach their audience. To me it seems like giving writers their due is a good thing. But as an aspiring writer myself, I am a bit biased.

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