Beau Willimon will run unopposed for reelection as president of the WGA East. It’s the second time the House of Cards creator has run unopposed for president – the first time was when he was first elected in 2017. Only this time, he’ll be running unopposed in the middle of the WGA East and West’s contentious battle with Hollywood’s talent agencies. Voting online and by mail will begin on August 28.
Bob Schneider, the WGA East’s incumbent secretary-treasurer, will also be running unopposed, although Kathy McGee and Phil Pilato will be vying to become the guild’s next vice president. Jeremy Pikser, the guild’s current vp, is not seeking reelection.
Sixteen candidates are vying for six open freelance seats on the guild’s Council. Incumbents seeking reelection include Bonnie Datt, Tracey Scott Wilson, Courtney Simon, Amy Sohn, and David Simon, who is a named plaintiff in the...
Bob Schneider, the WGA East’s incumbent secretary-treasurer, will also be running unopposed, although Kathy McGee and Phil Pilato will be vying to become the guild’s next vice president. Jeremy Pikser, the guild’s current vp, is not seeking reelection.
Sixteen candidates are vying for six open freelance seats on the guild’s Council. Incumbents seeking reelection include Bonnie Datt, Tracey Scott Wilson, Courtney Simon, Amy Sohn, and David Simon, who is a named plaintiff in the...
- 6/20/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Beau Willimon, the playwright and showrunner who launched Netflix’s “House of Cards,” is running unopposed for re-election to a two-year term as president of the Writers Guild of America East.
Willimon also ran unopposed in 2017 to succeed Michael Winship. The WGA East announced a total of 24 candidates Thursday for its top officer posts and Council seats. Results will be announced Sept. 20.
The announcement comes with the WGA locked in a heated standoff with Hollywood agents over the issues of how agents represent WGA members. The guild required on April 13 that members fire their agents if the agents had not signed a Code of Conduct, which bans agents from taking packaging fees and prohibits agencies from owning production affiliates.
Willimon has been criticized for working last year with Endeavor Content, an affiliate of Wme, on the Hulu drama “The First,” which was canceled after one season. WGA West executive director...
Willimon also ran unopposed in 2017 to succeed Michael Winship. The WGA East announced a total of 24 candidates Thursday for its top officer posts and Council seats. Results will be announced Sept. 20.
The announcement comes with the WGA locked in a heated standoff with Hollywood agents over the issues of how agents represent WGA members. The guild required on April 13 that members fire their agents if the agents had not signed a Code of Conduct, which bans agents from taking packaging fees and prohibits agencies from owning production affiliates.
Willimon has been criticized for working last year with Endeavor Content, an affiliate of Wme, on the Hulu drama “The First,” which was canceled after one season. WGA West executive director...
- 6/20/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Former WGA East president Michael Winship, who led the guild during the tumultuous 2007-08 writers strike, is making a return to guild politics. The veteran news and documentary writer is tossing his hat into the ring as one of 11 candidates vying for seven freelance seats on the guild’s council.
Winship served as president for five consecutive two-year terms – starting just before the strike and ending in September.
Council elections are divided into two categories: freelance and staff. Freelance members work in film, television and new media, while staff members work in TV, radio and digital news shops.
Freelance incumbents seeking re-election to the council include Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, A.M. Homes, Chris Kyle and Kyle Bradstreet. The other freelance candidates are Monica Lee Bellais, Larry J. Cohen, Michael Rauch, Kaitlin Fontana, Andy Rheingold and David Angelo.
In the staff races, five candidates are competing for three open seats, including incumbents Gail Lee,...
Winship served as president for five consecutive two-year terms – starting just before the strike and ending in September.
Council elections are divided into two categories: freelance and staff. Freelance members work in film, television and new media, while staff members work in TV, radio and digital news shops.
Freelance incumbents seeking re-election to the council include Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, A.M. Homes, Chris Kyle and Kyle Bradstreet. The other freelance candidates are Monica Lee Bellais, Larry J. Cohen, Michael Rauch, Kaitlin Fontana, Andy Rheingold and David Angelo.
In the staff races, five candidates are competing for three open seats, including incumbents Gail Lee,...
- 6/27/2018
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Writers Guild of America East President Michael Winship is one of the 16 candidates for a WGA East Council seat.
The guild, which represents about 5,000 members, announced the candidates Wednesday with 11 seeking seven open freelance seats and five candidates seeking three open staff seats. The terms for newly elected Council members will run for two years beginning Sept. 21, the day after the election. Voting online and by mail will begin on Aug. 23.
In addition to Winship, four incumbents are seeking freelance seats — Kyle Bradstreet, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, A.M. Homes and Chris Kyle. The other six candidates are David Angelo, Monica Lee Bellais, Larry J. Cohen, Kaitlin Fontana, Michael Rauch, and Andy Rheingold.
Three incumbents are seeking re-election to staff seats — Gail Lee, Kathy McGee and Matt Nelko. Kelly Stout and Jeff Young are also running.
Freelance members work in screen, television and new media; and Staff members work in television,...
The guild, which represents about 5,000 members, announced the candidates Wednesday with 11 seeking seven open freelance seats and five candidates seeking three open staff seats. The terms for newly elected Council members will run for two years beginning Sept. 21, the day after the election. Voting online and by mail will begin on Aug. 23.
In addition to Winship, four incumbents are seeking freelance seats — Kyle Bradstreet, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, A.M. Homes and Chris Kyle. The other six candidates are David Angelo, Monica Lee Bellais, Larry J. Cohen, Kaitlin Fontana, Michael Rauch, and Andy Rheingold.
Three incumbents are seeking re-election to staff seats — Gail Lee, Kathy McGee and Matt Nelko. Kelly Stout and Jeff Young are also running.
Freelance members work in screen, television and new media; and Staff members work in television,...
- 6/27/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Lionsgate has become such a staple of the entertainment landscape that it’s hard to believe the studio only dates back to 1995. TV and film have been its bread and butter, churning out hits like the Saw franchise, The Expendables and Kick-Ass along with Emmy-winning TV standouts like Weeds and Mad Men. For the most part, however, the studio has remained on the digital sidelines, aside from a few toe-dipping exploits like the companion web series to Weeds. But now Lionsgate is ready to dive head first, committing real production dollars into crafting its own web original content. Today the studio announced that 24-episode animated web series Trailer Trash will be their first entrant into the online-only arena. In the wispy, cutout animation style of South Park and Katalyst’s 2008 web series Blah Girls, Trash follows a group of hillbillies at a trailer park. If it feels in fact like...
- 9/22/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
We are pleased to provide you with 5 clips from NBC's upcoming "Little Spirit: Christmas in New York" including an interview with star Danny DeVito! Look out for our interview with Danny as well regarding the animated family fantasy which sees release on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 on NBC (8-9 p.m. Et). Leopoldo Gout directs with Susan Holden as well as writing alongside Andy Rheingold. An all-star cast, including Danny DeVito, Lucy Liu, Freddy Rodriguez, Brenda Song and NBC News´ Brian Williams, lends their voices to a new animated holiday special that features original songs and music by Duncan Sheik, the Tony Award-winning writer and composer of Broadway´s "Spring Awakening."...
- 12/4/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We are pleased to provide you with 5 clips from NBC's upcoming "Little Spirit: Christmas in New York" including an interview with star Danny DeVito! Look out for our interview with Danny as well regarding the animated family fantasy which sees release on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 on NBC (8-9 p.m. Et). Leopoldo Gout directs with Susan Holden as well as writing alongside Andy Rheingold. An all-star cast, including Danny DeVito, Lucy Liu, Freddy Rodriguez, Brenda Song and NBC News´ Brian Williams, lends their voices to a new animated holiday special that features original songs and music by Duncan Sheik, the Tony Award-winning writer and composer of Broadway´s "Spring Awakening."...
- 12/4/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We are pleased to provide you with 5 clips from NBC's upcoming "Little Spirit: Christmas in New York" including an interview with star Danny DeVito! Look out for our interview with Danny as well regarding the animated family fantasy which sees release on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 on NBC (8-9 p.m. Et). Leopoldo Gout directs with Susan Holden as well as writing alongside Andy Rheingold. An all-star cast, including Danny DeVito, Lucy Liu, Freddy Rodriguez, Brenda Song and NBC News´ Brian Williams, lends their voices to a new animated holiday special that features original songs and music by Duncan Sheik, the Tony Award-winning writer and composer of Broadway´s "Spring Awakening." The unique program stylistically blends the look of traditional painting with contemporary 3-D technology – creating an aesthetic that is both classic and innovative. Other cast includes Todd Cummings, Sharon Wilkins and Michael Hall D'Addario.
- 12/4/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We are pleased to provide you with 5 clips from NBC's upcoming "Little Spirit: Christmas in New York" including an interview with star Danny DeVito! Look out for our interview with Danny as well regarding the animated family fantasy which sees release on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 on NBC (8-9 p.m. Et). Leopoldo Gout directs with Susan Holden as well as writing alongside Andy Rheingold. An all-star cast, including Danny DeVito, Lucy Liu, Freddy Rodriguez, Brenda Song and NBC News´ Brian Williams, lends their voices to a new animated holiday special that features original songs and music by Duncan Sheik, the Tony Award-winning writer and composer of Broadway´s "Spring Awakening."...
- 12/4/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Producers Steven Siebert and Christian Taylor have optioned the best-selling novel Hick, by first-time author Andrea Portes.
Hick, published in 2007 by Unbridled Books, was recently named among the best adult books for high school students by the School Library Journal.
The coming-of-age story centers on 13-year-old Luli McMullen, who runs away from her ramshackle Nebraska home after being abandoned by her deadbeat parents and heads to Las Vegas. Along the way, she learns the truth about American rootlessness and discovers both the power and peril of her own sexual curiosity.
The producers hope to mold the project with a lead character in the vein of Addie Loggins of Paper Moon and Iris Steensma in Taxi Driver.
Portes is in talks to adapt the screenplay.
Taylor, via his shingle Taylor Lane Prods., is developing Angela and Diabola, an adaptation of a novel by Lynne Reid Banks (The Indian in the Cupboard), with writers Mike Deseve and Andy Rheingold of the Gotham Group and producers Jane Startz and Gillon Stephenson.
Hick, published in 2007 by Unbridled Books, was recently named among the best adult books for high school students by the School Library Journal.
The coming-of-age story centers on 13-year-old Luli McMullen, who runs away from her ramshackle Nebraska home after being abandoned by her deadbeat parents and heads to Las Vegas. Along the way, she learns the truth about American rootlessness and discovers both the power and peril of her own sexual curiosity.
The producers hope to mold the project with a lead character in the vein of Addie Loggins of Paper Moon and Iris Steensma in Taxi Driver.
Portes is in talks to adapt the screenplay.
Taylor, via his shingle Taylor Lane Prods., is developing Angela and Diabola, an adaptation of a novel by Lynne Reid Banks (The Indian in the Cupboard), with writers Mike Deseve and Andy Rheingold of the Gotham Group and producers Jane Startz and Gillon Stephenson.
- 4/10/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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