News Writer Strike Could Affect Star Trek: Discovery

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If negotiations between The Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) fail, production on...

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[OpenMaw]

I don't know, I think they're probably far enough along at this point that Discovery will be fine until the next season.

 

[Kemaiku]

Weren't all 13 script written before the end of last year?

Or do they mean it could affect the writing of season 2?

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

I say it's a good omen! TNG faced the same problem at it's beginning!

 

[Tuskin38]

Weren't all 13 script written before the end of last year?

A writers strike could affect possible re-writes. Not every episode is filmed yet.

 

[Ing3nu]

This could do some serious damage depending on how far along they are with the filming for S1, and it could delay S2. BUT because they are going to the All Access format, they might be able to stuff this under the New Media requirements to give themselves a little leeway. That said, I don't want my favorite writers to starve to death, so I'm hoping they come to an agreement soon.

 

[Tuskin38]

This could do some serious damage depending on how far along they are with the filming for S1,

Well all the episodes are written IIRC. The only thing this could possibly effect is re-writes I assume.

 

[DrCorby]

I say it's a good omen! TNG faced the same problem at it's beginning!

Wellllllll... not sure I'd go that far. Recall the dreadful "Shades of Grey" episode from the end of the short 2nd season, produced due to the money & time crunch resulting from the strike. Blech.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

A writers strike could affect possible re-writes. Not every episode is filmed yet.

Yup, exactly. This is the biggest problem they'll face.

 

[Space Coast]

I say it's a good omen! TNG faced the same problem at it's beginning!

Yes, and TNG season 1 was crap. And that was in a very different era in television.

However, with all episodes written already, the effects shouldn't be too intense for s1. s2, however...

 

[mdtauk]

Hopefully the scripts are near completion now, and if it happens - only re-writes and re-shoots would be affected

 

[Shane Cathcart]

Lol...strike nothin'...let's everyone here get together and write it for them.

 

[Bones]

ST09 did pretty good with a writer's strike in the middle of production. They couldn't touch the script and the only spontaneity could come from the actors.

 

[Awesome Possum]

Lol...strike nothin'...let's everyone here get together and write it for them.

Haha... no.

 

[jaime]

Trek and writers strikes go hand in glove. Everything I know about writers strikes and unions and that general kind of crazy, I learned from reading about Trek. There's a ton of ways around it these days. The show must go on.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

May 1 is the WGA strike deadline. See the other thread on this from February 24 already.

If WGA strikes how will season 2 be affected?

Moderator. Merge these two?