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Mortal Media’s Ryan Kalil on AI’s Impact in Sports and Entertainment: ‘It’s Going to Be Super Data-Driven’ (Video)
TheGrill 2023: “I think the immersiveness of entertainment, especially in the sports world, is going to be bananas,” Kalil says
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Warner Bros. Marketing Chief Reflects on Strategy That Fueled ‘Barbie’ Success | Video
TheGrill 2023: Josh Goldstine credited Greta Gerwig with sparking a “cultural curiosity” over what the movie could be
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‘FAST Is Now’: Why Free Ad-Supported TV Is Rising | Video
TheGrill 2023: “It’s projected to reach $6 billion in revenue in 2023, with double that in coming years,” says Pluto TV’s global SVP Valerie Kaplan
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AI Will Cause ‘Some Labor Displacement’ in Hollywood, Expert Says | Video
TheGrill 2023: Mehran Sahami and Daniela Rus detail whether the growing technology can replace human creativity
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WGA Strike Roundtable: TV Writers Say ‘Frustration Boils’ in Mini-Rooms, Especially With Notes ‘From the Algorithm’ | Video
“These notes that you’re getting aren’t even really from the executives… It’s nuts,” Shelley Meals, a writer for Netflix’s “Shadow and Bone,” tells TheWrap
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Strike Roundtable: BIPOC Writers Say People of Color Aren’t Getting a Fair Shot in Late-Night TV | Video
“We need to enter an era where people of color… are given the same kind of chance to find their voice and find the show’s voice and find that audience,” WGA member Greg Iwinski tells TheWrap
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Hollywood Strike Roundtable: WGA and SAG-AFTRA Members Say This Is ‘Phase 2’ | Video
Members of both guilds explained why it’s “easier” to stand together against the studios
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WGA Strike Roundtable: Late-Night Writers Say ‘Incredible’ Hosts’ Support During Strike ‘Has Helped Sustain Us’ | Video
“It would definitely be more nerve-wracking,” writer Sal Gentile of “Late Night With Seth Meyers” says
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WGA Strike Roundtable: Film Writers Who Go ‘Months Without Pay’ Lobby for 2-Step Payment on Script Rewrites (Video)
While TV gets much of the focus of the WGA strike, screenwriters say that studios can no longer expect free labor
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WGA Strike Roundtable: BIPOC Writers Say Getting Ahead Often Requires Being ‘Palatable’ to White People | Video
“We all had to pass the white bar,” “iCarly” scribe Nasser Samara said during TheWrap’s panel discussion
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Pride Roundtable: LGBTQ Actors Say Queer Characters Require Hiring Queer Writers | Video
An actor shouldn’t “play educator and be the token person,” says “Yellowjackets” star Nicole Maines during TheWrap’s panel
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WGA Strike Roundtable: TV’s Top Writers Talk 2007 vs. Now – ‘We’re Here for the Younger Writers’ | Video
Creators of hits like “Friends” and “One Tree Hill” are afraid that the next generation of showrunners are being smothered for short-term profit
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WGA Strike Roundtable: ‘I Can’t Support My Family for the Rest of the Year’ – Writer Moms Talk Why They Strike | Video
Mothers and WGA members talk about how raising kids makes the drop in writers’ wages even more of a problem
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Wrap Roundtable: Franklin Leonard Says Making Indie Films Isn’t an ‘Altruistic Impulse’ – ‘It’s Exactly the Opposite’ (Video)
The Black List founder argues low-budget productions still “comes from a fundamental desire to increase and improve the economics of the industry”
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WGA Strike Roundtable: Writers Say TV Is ‘Broken, and We’re Reinventing It Poorly’ (Video)
Guild negotiating committee member Kay Cannon talks with fellow writers about the struggles that led them to swap laptops for picket signs
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