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Director John Singleton loses TV deal due to ... |
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Director John Singleton loses TV deal due to strike
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Television
Posted 2 years ago by
Queenoftab
 Director John Singleton is among the latest casualties of the Hollywood writers strike, losing his production deal at Warner Bros. TV as part of a sweeping cost-cutting action by major studios. Force majeure" -- or act of God -- provisions in the contracts allow studios to cancel deals with writers and producers idled by the strike, which is now in its third month. These deals usually involve the supply of offices and staffers on the studio lot, and can be both costly and unproductive. Warner Bros. TV, along with CBS Paramount Network TV, Universal Media Studios and 20th Century Fox TV, sent termination letters to a total of 45-50 writers and producers on Monday. ABC Studios dropped 25-30 producers last Friday. CBS Paramount`s hit list included such high-profile names, as Australian actor Hugh Jackman, who produced the recent CBS bomb "Viva Laughlin," and "Chronicles of Narnia" producer Mark Johnson. In a clear sign about the future of Fox`s "K-Ville" and NBC`s "Journeyman" -- two low-rated freshman series whose ultimate fate has remained in limbo because of the strike -- 20th Century Fox TV terminated the overall deals of "K-Ville" creator Jonathan Lisco and "Journeyman" creator Kevin Falls. Among the writers with force majeure letters from Universal were Moses Port and David Guarascio, creators of CW`s freshman comedy "Aliens in America," which is now produced by CBS Paramount and WBTV. Producers terminated by ABC Studios included "Brothers & Sisters" creator Jon Robin Baitz and "Borat" director Larry Charles.
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