The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike has upended Hollywood’s manufacturing plans.
With the 2022-23 TV season coming to an in depth, reveals which can be at present in-season gained’t be affected by the strike. But as the ultimate episodes of the seasons had been set to air, renewed reveals had been set to convene their writers rooms for the upcoming seasons. The 2023-24 season is the place we’ll actually begin to see the results of the strike on TV.
Production was already nicely underway for sure titles when the strike started on May 2. The Rings of Power Season 2, for instance, was almost accomplished with manufacturing when the strike prompted them to alter some plans (see beneath). Other reveals, like House of the Dragon Season 2, are additionally commencing with manufacturing, because the scripts for the season had been already locked in.
One community seemingly unaffected by the strike to date is AMC. According to Collider, the varied Walking Dead and Anne Rice Immortal Universe reveals are persevering with as deliberate with their upcoming seasons.
Interview With the Vampire Season 2 started manufacturing in April in Prague. As of the time of publication, the collection was nonetheless in energetic manufacturing. But these being the early days of the strike, some productions could also be pressured to close down within the coming weeks.
Streaming companies are much less doubtless than broadcast and cable networks to be hit exhausting by the strike (the strike is especially as a result of the truth that streaming companies aren’t obligated to pay writers significant residuals). But nonetheless, streamers aren’t untouchable throughout this time. There are already a handful of streaming-only titles that are actually in limbo till additional discover.
Here, we’ve compiled the checklist of reveals already affected by the 2023 writers strike (in alphabetical order). Keep a watch out for this checklist as we proceed to replace it because the strike presses on.