After casting Margot in three films in a row - SUICIDE SQUAD, TARZAN and FOCUS, she and her husband Tom, came to see me and asked me to support them starting a production company. All three of those films were made to support other talent and ideas. Not Margot. Suicide Squad was

AMPTP: People just want to get back to work. You should just take a crappy deal. WGA and SAG-AFTRA:

🙋🏻 I am slated to lose WGA healthcare because I had to make $30k by June 30 to keep it and obviously watched the deadline come and go while picketing. Our leadership said from the beginning that a health insurance extension would be something they'd aim to negotiate

Well, not using Zoom again until these over-reaching permissions are gone.

I’ve been repped by 5 different agencies over 27 years along with five different managers. I have takeaways! Not the least of which is this: I think having at least one younger and/or more openly aggressive rep on your team is vital. Here is why… 🧵👇

Hey SAG-AFTRA while we are on strike and cannot work, lets address some fixable issues. 1) The earnings qualification for health insurance. If someone makes above the threshold in a year to qualify and then falls short the next year, why aren’t they credited to for that overage?

My first 20 screenplays: #1: Unreadable. #2-4: BAD #5: WTF was I even thinking? #6: Pretty good! (optioned x2! Joined WGA.) #7: BAD. #8: Pretty good! #9: Pro Level? #10-11 Pretty good! #12: Okay (Sold to WB) #13: Okay #14: Pro Level (optioned) #16: Okay (pilot for NBC) #17:

(WATCH) Ron Perlman doesn’t hold back anything when delivering his remarks to supporters at the National Day of Solidarity rally in Burbank today #SagAftraStrong

After the AMPTP paraded their proposals publicly last night, we got the #WGA email explanation. And, what the fuck?

AMPTP members, check your emails! below is a copy of MY latest full update on the state of negotiations with the WGA cc Deadline Variety The Hollywood Reporter Puck The Ankler

David Zaslav and Other Execs to Get Bonuses Based on Free Cash Flow, Debt Reduction while Record Number of Hollywood Workers Face Evictions (there, fixed it). hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

Union dues should be tax deductible. Pass it on.

It takes a WHOLE room to make a great story. Some of my key players: The yes and-er The character keeper The plot rememberer The twist dropper The action expert The romance lover The board wrangler The page grinder The caretaker The notes decoder The mathematician #WGA #WGAStrong

To clarify: August 11: Initial counter offer from AMPTP August 15: WGA offers counterproposal August 22: AMPTP publicly releases unchanged offer from August 11, ignoring WGA's August 15 counterproposal entirely 3/3 #WGAstrike #WGAstrong #1u

This bears repeating over and over and over. I’ve heard from 3 executive friends that the WGA had never countered to the AMPTPs offer. That the WGA negotiating committee is in over their heads. So you have to repeat this timeline as often as necessary so it eventually sinks in.