Tag: WGA
FOX Toons Dominate Writers Guild Award Animation Nominations
Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting, television, streaming, news,...
Animation Writers Demand Union Coverage for PBS-Made Animated Series
A contingent of prominent animation writers are fighting to get PBS to agree to cover its animated series in a new Writers Guild of...
Writers Guild Authorizes PBS Writers Strike with Support from Animation Faction
Writers Guild of America (WGA) members at PBS member stations WGBH, THIRTEEN and PBS SoCal voted to authorize a strike if management does not...
Sesame Workshop Writers Ready to Strike
Writers at Sesame Workshop, the not-for-profit company behind the 50-plus-year perennial kids' classic Sesame Street, have voted unanimously to authorize a strike through the Writers...
Awards & Events: ‘Simpsons’ Dominates WGA Noms, ‘Chicken Run 2’ Wins Oscats, Animated Black Film Fest Returns, Jorge R. Gutierrez Headlines Autism in Entertainment
Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) today announced nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting, television, new media,...
Elvis Has Left the Building: Netflix Cancels Animated Originals ‘Farzar,’ ‘Captain Fall’ & ‘Agent Elvis’
After reviewing the effects of seven months of production shutdowns due to the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes -- which...
WGA Ratifies New Contract with AMPTP
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has announced the ratification of a 2023 minimum basic agreement with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television...
WGA Reaches Tentative Agreement to End Strike
An end to the months-long Hollywood writers' strike could be on the horizon, with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Association of Motion...
Hollywood Strikes Delays Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ S2, ‘X-Men ’97’, ‘Bob’s Burgers’
The impact of the WGA strike begun in May and the solidarity strike by SAG-AFTRA is rippling into the animation industry. News out of...
Seth MacFarlane Donates $1 Million to Support SAG, WGA Strikers
Seth MacFarlane, the creator of hit animated sitcoms Family Guy and American Dad! as well as the live-action sci-fi comedy The Orville and feature films Ted and...
East Coast Animation Writers Join WGA Picket Lines in Push for Coverage
On Tuesday, roughly 100 people marched in support of the Writers Guild of America outside the Warner Bros. Discovery building on Park Avenue South...
Unable to Strike, TAG Writers Share Conditions in Animation
With the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) united in a simultaneous production strike for the first time since 1960,...
SAG-AFTRA Joins WGA Strike in Bid to Rewrite the Industry Script
On Thursday, July 13, the National Board of SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) voted to issue a...
Event Updates: Sandra Equihua Designs for WIA Summit, Henry Selick at VIEW Conference & More
In line with the Annecy Festival's spotlight on Mexican animation, Women in Animation has tapped accomplished artist and Emmy Award winner Sandra Equihua (El Tigre,...
WGA Nominates Trio of ‘Simpsons’ Eps., ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Undone’ and ‘Tuca & Bertie’
Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for categories including outstanding achievement in television during...
400+ WGA Members Commit to Fight for Animation Coverage
Following The Animation Guild's ( IATSE Local 839) new ratified contract, more than 400 members of the Writers Guild of America have signed onto...
Inaugural BRIC Summit Supports Next Gen Creative Leaders
A new event aimed at uplifting a new generation of diverse talents, BRIC Talent and Innovation Summit will hold its inaugural edition on Saturday,...
Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 4’ Finds a New Writer
The fourth chapter in Pixar’s blockbuster franchise Toy Story has a new writer on board. Deadline reports that Stephany Folsom is in charge of...
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CALL FOR ENTRIES: Anima2017 Cordoba Int’l Animation Festival
Submit your work in any animation genre, technique or screening media -- from feature films to mobile...
Dwayne McDuffie Award Nominations Now Open
Mad Event Entertainment and Long Beach Comic Con have opened nominations for the 2017 Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics. This year welcomes...
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