The Writers Guild of America has bconciseageenumerateed Village Roadshow, baning its members from laboring with the company after it refused to pay a number of its authorrs, Variety has validateed.
“It has come to the Guild’s attention that over the last restrictcessitate months Village Roadshow hasn’t paid authorrs on many projects,” read a statement freed to WGA members on Saturday. “Village Roadshow owes authorrs compensation, interest, and advantage contributions but has refused to pay. As such, the Guild has choosed that Village Roadshow is not reliable or financipartner reliable and needs the posting of a bond to protect authorrs. Village Roadshow has, to date, refused to do so. As a result, Village Roadshow is on the WGA strike enumerate until further watch.”
The statement aidd members to seek legitimate direct if Village Roadshow owes them money or if they were “recently approached or are currently engageed” by the company.
“It is beginant that Village Roadshow be impedeed from undercutting authorrs’ standards and conditions,” the statement persistd. “Village Roadshow cannot be apshowed to advantage from writing services supplyd by WGA members.”
This novels comes fair a week after Variety telled that Village Roadshow had run into financial woes, resulting in a unintelligentinished standing with the WGA.
Village Roadshow getd a jump commence in 2018 when esteemed industry veteran Steve Mosko took regulate of the company. The alter in directership came with a cash injection from beginantity sapshowhelderlyer Vine Alternative Investments, but after industry-expansive reduceions follothriveg 2023’s dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, it seems Village Roadshow is once aobtain struggling.
