![]() ![]() He continued, “My theory was, if I make it our last show, we’ll sell it out in two weeks. “Why on earth would Big Boi open for us? Big Boi was in one of the biggest, most important hip-hop-no, one of the biggest and most important acts of all time. In both interviews, Murphy explains that the show had been booked far in advance and the promoters had “no faith” in the band’s ability to sell tickets, going so far as to suggest that Outkast’s Big Boi open for them. The band’s farewell show at the 18,000-capacity Madison Square Garden in New York City was also brought up again, as it was in Murphy’s recent interview with The New York Times. Murphy also explains that American Dream is “about forcing myself through my discomfort with singing and not allowing myself to have much wry distance.” Thunder Levin, a writer on most of the Sharknado pictures and director of Mutant Vampire Zombies from the ‘Hood, put the day’s ambiguity into a tweet that read, “As a director, I'm glad to hear negotiations were fruitful.LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy has opened up even further about the band’s new album American Dream in an expansive new interview with Vulture, in which he calls the record “a completely new phase for the band” following the trilogy of studio albums that concluded with This is Happening in 2010. The WGA, however, does have concerns that are less germane to the other unions, like the introduction of “ mini-rooms” in the development of (predominantly) streaming television shows. It all gets very complex because many Hollywood creators are members of both groups. But we have needs in areas they don’t, and will secure a deal that works for us. They will continue to not speak to us, offering them next to SAG. Disappointing, but not surprising.” Amy Berg, whose credits include Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and Warrior Nun, tweeted that “the DGA was able to use the power of the WGA’s labor action to secure a deal that works for them” and added: “We proposed a number of these terms… before the AMPTP cut off negotiations in order to hand a deal to the DGA. Steven DeKnight, whose credits include the series Spartacus, Smallville, and the film Pacific Rim: Uprising tweeted that “the DGA sadly continues to toe the line, knowing that they can draft off of the WGA’s resolve to strike for a truly historic deal. Striking writers reacting to the news were quick to weigh in. While Avnet and his team are taking a victory lap, some on the picket line have a different interpretation. The newly announced agreement obviously has repercussions for the other two unions. ![]() Jon Avnet, chair of the DGA’s negotiating committee (and director of films as diverse as Fried Green Tomatoes and Righteous Kill ), called it a “truly historic deal” and cited “significant improvements” in the areas of “wages, streaming residuals, safety, creative rights and diversity, as well as securing essential protections for our members on new key issues like artificial intelligence.” ( THR's report goes into granular detail.) ![]() The next step is a special meeting on Tuesday among the DGA’s national board, which will be followed by a membership vote to ratify the new contract. ![]() The deal includes "gains in wages and benefits, streaming residuals, AI protections”-all points of contention over which the WGA and AMPTP failed to come to terms. The union and representatives from the top studios and streamers entered discussions amid significant industry tumult, as the Writers Guild has now entered its second month of striking. The Directors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers struck a tentative agreement late Saturday for a new three-year contract, as per The Hollywood Reporter. ![]()
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