All the TV shows and films affected by the Hollywood writers’ strike | Ents & Arts News

The Hollywood writers’ strike is marching into its second week and the manufacturing of a raft of TV reveals has been placed on ice in consequence.

About 15,000 screenwriters who’re members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) have been on strike since 2 Could.

The walkout began after six weeks of negotiations between studios and the writers failed to provide a brand new contract earlier than the writers’ final deal expired.

It’s unclear how lengthy this strike will final; the final WGA strike spanned 100 days and the longest strike on report, in 1988, lasted for 153.

With unionised screenwriters on picket strains reasonably than in writers’ rooms, listed here are all of the reveals that may very well be affected.

The reveals which have already fallen

Late evening reveals had been the primary to go darkish, as they are typically written on the day.

The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night time With Seth Meyers, The Late Present With Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!, Final Week Tonight With John Oliver and Actual Time With Invoice Maher all went off air as quickly because the strike began.

The strike has taken the “stay” out of Saturday Night time Dwell – NBC will air repeats till additional discover, the community introduced.

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Manufacturing on season 5 of Stranger Things has paused, the present’s creators Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer introduced on Twitter.

“Writing doesn’t cease when filming begins. Whereas we’re excited to start out manufacturing with our wonderful forged and crew, it’s not doable throughout this strike,” they wrote.

Filming of season three of HBO present Hacks has halted, with creator Jen Statsky saying there was “no different choice”.

“Writing occurs at each stage of the method – manufacturing and put up included. It is what makes reveals and films good,” she wrote on Twitter.

Writing on season three of Yellowjackets was placed on maintain in the future in, co-creator Ashley Lyle mentioned. They are going to resume when WGA will get a “truthful deal”, she mentioned.

Writers on season six of Cobra Kai are additionally on strike, with co-creator and author Jon Hurwitz tweeting: “Pencils down within the Cobra Kai writers room. No writers on set.”

Season two of The Last Of Us is on maintain in response to Selection, with the absence of writers affecting preparations for casting.

Writing on season six of The Handmaid’s Tale has halted forward of filming that was supposed to start out in late summer season.

Severance paused manufacturing on season two because of picketing.

Writing on season three of Emmy-winning Abbott Elementary was supposed to start out the day after the strike began however has been paused.

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How will viewers be affected?

How a lot of an affect these halts to manufacturing could have will rely on how lengthy the strikes final.

Whereas followers of late evening speak reveals will already be lacking their repair, it is going to take longer for the results of the strike to be felt by viewers of narrative sequence and movies.

Studios knew the tip of the WGA contract was coming and so could have stockpiled episodes.

But when the strike drags on and manufacturing scheduling is delayed, viewers may see sequence premieres delayed and extra re-runs.

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What goes forward

Some reveals are pushing forward with manufacturing even with out writers on set.

House Of The Dragon is taking pictures within the UK, with creator George RR Martin writing in a weblog put up that whereas he helps the strikes, the scripts for season two had been completed “months in the past”.

“Each episode has gone via 4 or 5 drafts and quite a few rounds of revisions, to handle HBO notes, my notes, finances considerations, and so forth. There might be no additional revisions,” he wrote.

Nevertheless the writers’ room for an additional Recreation of Thrones prequel sequence, A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, has “closed for the period”, he mentioned.

Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power will end filming season two with out showrunners on set.

Filming on the Disney+ Star Wars prequel Andor goes forward, however creator Tony Gilroy has stepped away from all on-set duties amid the strike.

Movies

Marvel has halted pre-production of its extremely anticipated vampire thriller, Blade, starring Mahershala Ali.

It’s the first huge movie to be impacted by the strike.

Whereas it is common for writers on blockbusters to transform scripts on the fly, Marvel “has a extra acute status for script pages flying off the typewriters throughout filming”, in response to the Hollywood Reporter.