WGA Suggests Studios Break From the AMPTP to Negotiate Deal

Amid the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, the union’s leaders are suggesting that the studio member companies of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) break from the organization and negotiate with them individually. “[D]uring individual conversations with legacy studio executives in the weeks since SAG-AFTRA went on strike, we have … Read more

Daniel Kraus novel lands film deal

Daniel Kraus’ survival thriller novel Whalefall, about a diver who gets swallowed by a sperm whale, has landed a film adaptation deal Daniel Kraus has worked with Guillermo del Toro on the novel Trollhunters, which inspired the Netflix animated series, and the novelization of The Shape of Water. When George A. Romero left behind an … Read more

Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions signs a multi-year deal with Amazon Studios

Sylvester Stallone and his Balboa Productions have signed a multi-year first-look deal with Amazon Studios to create exclusive content. Sylvester Stallone is getting in the ring with Amazon Studios. According to Deadline, Stallone and his Balboa Productions studio have signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios. Through the multi-year partnership, Stallone will write, direct, produce, … Read more