The Writers Guild is on strike. Hollywood is closed for business. The union's bargaining documents reveal a cartel of studios that refused to negotiate on a single position. This could go on for a long-ass time:
https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/members/member_info/contract-2023/WGA_proposals.pdf
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