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In the 22nd week of his Deadline podcast Strike Talk, Billy Ray sits with WGA Negotiating Committee co-chairs David Goodman and Chris Keyser to learn what happened inside the room during the negotiations and what gains were made in the deal struck Sunday with the AMPTP. Ray has been part of past WGA…

3rd UPDATE, 9:59 PM: In a note to members that just went out, the WGA says it will be meeting Friday with the AMPTP and CEOs from Netflix, Universal, Warner Bros Discovery and Disney for more talks. 2nd UPDATE 8:55 PM: The writers’ strike is not over yet, Despite putting in a long second day…

The Writers Guild released a video on Labor Day Monday, saying that the studios “are in the process of wrestling amongst themselves” for a deal to end the ongoing writers’ strike, which is now in its 126th day. “We are not on strike out of greed, nor do we begrudge the companies their success or deny…

WGA negotiating committee co-chair Chris Keyser issued a clarion call to members and supporters earlier today. “When you walk in circles in front of every studio in town,” he tells the guild's members in the clip (watch it below), “you are carrying with you a cause that is larger than just us and…

In a defiant clarion call for continued solidarity and endurance as the Writers Guild's strike enters its second month, WGA negotiating committee co-chair Chris Keyser says in a new video that the guild's fight for a fair contract is not one that's being fought for writers alone, but for the entire labor…

Outside the Fox lot in Century City this afternoon, WGA Negotiating Committee Co-Chair Chris Keyser appeared amongst over 150 members who were on site to picket following the breakdown of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion and Television Producers and the expiration of their contract. The WGA…

EXCLUSIVE: There was “fire and brimstone” at tonight’s WGA membership meeting – the last to be held before the start of contract negotiations with the AMPTP on Monday. The meeting, held via Zoom, was led by the co-chairs of the guild's negotiating committee: former WGA West presidents Chris Keyser and…

Leaders of the Writers Guild of America won't discuss the specifics of the contract proposals they've exchanged with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. But in an interview with Deadline on Tuesday ahead of next week’s start of negotiations, they made it perfectly clear a deal can be…

HBO Max has picked up to series its drama pilot Julia, giving an eight-episode order to the project based on the life of world-renowned chef Julia Child. Starring Sarah Lancashire and David Hyde Pierce, the series from Chris Keyser (The Society, Party of Five), Lionsgate Television and 3 Arts Entertainment is…

EXCLUSIVE: Party of Five co-creator Chris Keyser is returning to broadcast with Summer, a drama which has been put in development at NBC. It hails from Lionsgate TV and 3 Arts Entertainment. Written by Keyser, in Summer, four different families return each summer to the same idyllic seaside town on Cape Cod. Each…

This past March, Netflix’s The Society was in final stages of pre-production, and the cast was getting ready to travel to Massachusetts to start filming Season 2 of the mystery YA drama series when the coronavirus pandemic brought Hollywood to a standstill. Five months later, with Hollywood slowly easing back into…

A long-gestating Julia Child series project at HBO Max is nearing a greenlight with Joan Cusack in negotiations to play the famous chef and TV personality. The series comes from writer/executive producer Daniel Goldfarb, executive producer Chris Keyser, Lionsgate TV and company-owned 3 Arts. It is one of two streaming…