Time Warner drops ax on New Line
APRIL 15 | FROM VARIETY: It's the end of the line for most of New Line, with Time Warner cutting 450 jobs as part of its earlier decision to fold the studio into Warner Bros.
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Nim's Island passes Leatherheads
APRIL 8 | VARIETY BOX-OFFICE REPORT: Fox fantasy adventure Nim's Island jumped past George Clooney's Leatherheads for the second spot at the weekend box office, reversing Sunday's order of finish. Final figures released Monday showed Island nearly matching its Sunday estimate with $13.2 million.
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Emmerich named COO of New Line
MARCH 21 | FROM VARIETY: New Line production topper Toby Emmerich has been officially anointed president and chief operating officer of the scaled-down mini-major.
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Writers bring counteroffer to talks
DEC. 4 | FROM VARIETY: Talks resume today after a four-day respite, and both writers and the AMPTP are anxious -- but few are optimistic.
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Writers, studio talks hit pause button
NOV. 30 | FROM VARIETY: With the writers strike in its fourth week, the companies on Thursday put forth what they consider to be a "groundbreaking" proposal -- and the writers have blasted it.
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Writers, producers resume talks
NOV. 27 | FROM VARIETY: Hollywood remained on the edge of its collective seat Monday amid hopes for a possible end to the writers strike.
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Pinkslips prompt WGA, AMPTP talks
NOV. 19 | FROM VARIETY: Feeling the pressure as the strike's collateral damage continues to mount through layoffs of staff, cast and crew all over Hollywood, the AMPTP and the WGA will return to the bargaining table on Nov. 26.
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WGA strike could go into 2008
NOV. 7 | FROM VARIETY: Back-channel efforts have resumed to avert what's now looking like a long and painful work stoppage. But those moves aren't gaining much traction amid continued hardline public stances by both the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers.
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WGA will strike
NOV. 2 | FROM VARIETY: The Writers Guild of America has announced that its 12,000 members will go on strike Monday morning against studios and networks, but left the door open for new talks. Guild leaders stressed that they want to negotiate with the companies this weekend -- as long as the companies will back off their insistence that residuals for DVDs cannot be increased.
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