WGA Members Prohibited From Working With Village Roadshow After Company “Has Refused to Pay” Writers

Story by Christy Pina

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WGA clamps down on Village Roadshow over unpaid writer compensation, prohibiting members from working with the production company until it settles its debts.

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The Writers Guild of America has placed Village Roadshow on its strike list, claiming the company 'owes writers compensation, interest and benefit contributions but has refused to pay'.
Village Roadshow, behind films like Ocean's and Mad Max: Fury Road, has been trimming costs amid industry contraction, with the company in arbitration with Warner Bros. after a lawsuit over the day-and-date release of The Matrix Resurrections.

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Christy Piña, Village Roadshow, Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild, Warner Bros., Content Cartel, RadicalMedia, Ocean's, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Lego Movie, The Matrix Resurrections

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