Writer Craig Mazin (Chernobyl, The Last of Us) has shared his thoughts on the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, sharing some strong words and stating his belief that the writers will win. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Mazin said the guilds need to "start over with something new" as opposed to trying to tweak the existing setup.
"We have to make some large, sweeping changes, because everything's broken around us," Mazin said. "And there's nowhere else for us to go. Our backs are against the wall as a labor force. We all know writers who have gazillions of dollars. It's not about them. It's about the 95 percent of the union who are the rank and file."
Mazin went on to say that, for a few months, members of the AMPTP--the group that represents film and TV studios like Disney, Netflix, and Amazon--were being "delusional." The studios believed they could wait out the writers and actors and that would cause them to fight amongst themselves, Mazin said. If that tactic could have worked before, it won't this time, the writer said.Continue Reading at GameSpot
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