by Steven Bevacqua
A glimpse into what's going on in my brain, RIGHT NOW!
Well, OK, not really that busy with anything serious. Just finishing up my rounds on this:
While I wait until April 29th for this:
…My first day of work has been pushed back to May 19th due to script issues, so, I’ll have plenty of time to drive around Liberty City until then.
L.A. wants to build a bike path along the Los Angeles river, from Downtown to Canoga Park. What’s stopping them? NBC/Universal studios. Why?
Universal fears “that people would use the path to lob unsolicited screenplays onto the studio’s nearby production lot — something that apparently happens at other spots when a Universal film scores big at the box office.”
Only in L.A. Another interesting thing in the article is this note: “At the same time, the media and entertainment giant is trying to gather public and political support to build 2,937 residential units on the Universal Studios back lot. The company also wants to be a major tenant in a project next to the Red Line subway stop on nearby Lankershim Boulevard. That proposal includes a television production facility, an office tower of up to 24 stories and another building that could be up to 34 stories.”
Interesting….
MAY 22nd—IT’S ALMOST HERE!
The first trailer for Indiana Jones 4 is up. What do we see? Well, that’s definitely the government archives from the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. And that box definitely says “Roswell, NM”. Looks like aliens, action, some Central American ruins, and a whole lot of fun!
Perhaps the strike will be over soon. The WGA announced a meeting Saturday to discuss the terms of an agreement with the producers:
“To Our Fellow Members,
As Negotiating Committee Chair John Bowman wrote you last night, we are continuing to negotiate the terms of a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. We anticipate that we will be able to present the terms of that agreement to you in the next few days. In order to have a full discussion with you of the terms and how they were reached, and in order to get your input before making recommendations or decisions, we have scheduled membership meetings for current-active members only for this Saturday, February 9, in New York and Los Angeles.
The New York meeting will take place at 2 pm ET in the Broadway Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel at Times Square, 1606 Broadway (Broadway and 49th Street).
The Los Angeles meeting will take place at 7 pm PT in the Shrine Auditorium (665 W. Jefferson Blvd.).
We urge you to attend. We have gotten to this point in our negotiation as the direct result of the power of this strike, which each of you has generated. Neither the Negotiating Committee, nor the West Board or the East Council, will take action on any contract until after the membership meetings are held and your voices have been heard. We are all in this together.
Best,
Patric M. Verrone
President
Writers Guild of America, West
Michael Winship
President
Writers Guild of America, East”