Force Majeure: Inside Hollywood’s Counterstrike Strategy

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Eriq Gardner
&
Jonathan Handel
May 1, 2023

Every three years, Hollywood gathers around the bargaining table to negotiate the rules and profit-sharing governing the industry’s multi-hundred billion dollar spoils. The process isn’t always contentious, but this year’s round is proving highly sticky, with the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers both looking to settle core structural issues in streaming.