Adam Bold, chairman of the Abrams Artists Agency, wasn’t able to make a deal last week with the Writers Guild of America, but he says he’s still willing to talk to the guild about a compromise that…
, wasn’t able to make a deal last week with the Writers Guild of America, but he says he’s still willing to talk to the guild about a compromise that would address both sides’ concerns and put his agents and writer-clients back to work.
• Allows agency to accept fees for feature film financing and sales services, subject to disclosure and writer approval, for films with less than $20 million budget, and with Guild consent for films with budgets higher than $20 million.• Requires agency to provide an annual report on its diversity and inclusion efforts.
As for the guild’s demand for streamlined arbitrations, he said: “If that’s the last deal-breaker, I’m willing to talk to them about it.” One thing he doesn’t want to do, he said, is hurt the ATA, and if Abrams Artists were to sign a modified agreement with the guild, it would be the first mid-tier ATA agency to do so. Verve is not an ATA member.
Bold and Young spoke on the phone last Tuesday for about 20 minutes, but couldn’t come to a deal. Afterwards, Bold said that he was “disappointed, sad and perplexed” that they couldn’t come to terms. “I thought that I had a reasonable and fair workaround for our clients and staff to earn a living until they work out those bigger issues,” he said after talking to Young.
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