The Directors Guild of America has tentatively reached an settlement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, seemingly avoiding a strike that would sideline much more productions than these placed on pause by the continuing Writers Guild of America strike. Though voting by the DGA goes by way of June twenty third as guild members vote to approve or deny the contract, one outstanding filmmaker revealed Saturday he voted “No” on the matter.
Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson tweeted that he is voting no, largely due to the dearth of transparency with streaming platforms in a more and more digital age.
“I love the DGA — they have protected me during some of the most difficult situations of my career. However, I am voting NO on the ratification of this contract because the time to go after transparency in domestic streaming data is now,” Derrickson tweeted. “It is ludicrous that we don’t get to know how many people are actually viewing our work — or how much revenue it generates. This information is consequential to our lives, yet the NegCom (per their own admission) did not even attempt to get us honest answers in this area — a decision that does DGA members a grave disservice.”
Earlier this month, DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter applauded the settlement, touting the agreements a number of trade firsts.
“In this agreement, we were able to win many significant advancements, including a number of important industry ‘firsts’ including: essential protections regarding AI, terms and conditions in non-dramatic SVOD programs as well as high-budget AVOD programs, Feature Director compensation for ‘soft prep,’ expanded paid post-production for Episodic Directors, a new foreign streaming residuals structure based on subscribers, and banning live ammunition on sets. We also obtained critical improvements in wages, streaming residuals, safety, diversity, and additional creative rights gains. What is particularly striking about the agreement is the breadth and depth of the achievements made, providing significant new benefits for members in every category.”
In addition to the continuing WGA strike, the Screen Actors Guild not too long ago licensed a strike ought to its ongoing negotiations with the AMPTP falter.
Both Doctor Strange movies at the moment are streaming on Disney+.
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