Hollywood Execs Can’t Stop Picking Fights With Each Other

Deadlinereports that Hollywoodstudio execsare supposed to meet tonight in fiat to “ get on the same page”regarding negotiation with the currently striking writing and performing club , presumably after the latest round of bad press surroundingthe AMPTP ’s failureto negotiate in salutary faith .

While Bob Iger ( supposedly ) wo n’t be in attending — after the Disney head had to take the air backhis own PR nightmarein the early days of SAG - AFTRA joining the WGA on hit — Deadline cover that Disney ’s Dana Walden and Alan Bergman , Mike Hopkins and Jennifer Salke of Amazon Studios , Netflix ’s Ted Sarandos , Donna Langley of Universal , and seemingly perpetualHollywood villain of the week , Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav , should all be involved with the coming together tonight .

This move is predicated on the leaks and press dismission the AMPTP suffer from last week as the rake fully hit them in the face . They had , you ’ll remember , asked for a media memory loss during earlier August negotiations with the WGA . Then , as soon as theydidn’t get their mode , they belong public with the dialogue — which went very badly for them .

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“ Before some [ studio executives ] wanted to blame Carol [ Lombardini , prexy of the AMPTP ] , accuse her of being stuck using a pre - streaming playbook , ” one generator enjoin to Deadline . “ Now that have only themselves to blame for how high-risk things look . That ’s why they brought in [ PR film ] the Levinson Group , and that ’s why they are squabbling . ”

perhaps they would n’t look big if the AMPTP actually tried meeting the WGA and SAG - AFTRA in unspoilt faith ? Just a cerebration .

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