Representatives of the film and television industry express their support to strike by the Screenwriters Guild of America (Writers Guild of America), which officially launched on Tuesday. Notable creators who have come out in support of the movement include “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” writers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, “Dopesick” writer-director Danny Strong.

Actors also expressing their solidarity with Hollywood screenwriters include Elizabeth Olsen, Amanda Seyfried and Brian Thierry Henry.

On Tuesday, WGA members participated in picket lines and protest rallies outside the Peacock NewFronts on Fifth Avenue in New York and Fox, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Paramount Global, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros studios in Los Angeles .

The WGA went on strike after negotiations failed with movie and television studio executives, to whom they presented their demands.

“The Association is reasonable and fair. New screenwriters are very vulnerable. Fees decrease as businesses grow. The numbers prove it. There has to be a fair deal. The sooner the studios get serious about reaching a deal the better for all of us,” said Phil Lord and Chris Miller.

“We have to structurally rethink how people of all walks of life can continue to live now that we have these streaming services. Actors get paid for a day,” Elizabeth Olsen said, noting that movies or series go to a streaming service and actors don’t get paid afterwards.

“I trust the leadership and the members of the committee involved in the negotiations,” said screenwriter Damon Lindelof. I think the industry has changed dramatically. And our agreement must reflect this change. And what we are asking is not unreasonable. I think the studios know that whatever they give to the Screenwriters Guild, they have to give to the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild. The Directors Guild will start their negotiations soon and I hope they will support our position. And we will learn a lot in the coming weeks, he said.

“It is necessary,” said Amanda Seyfried about the strike. “I don’t understand what the problem is. Everything has changed with streaming and everyone needs to be compensated for their work. It is very easy“, he emphasized.

“The whole landscape has changed dramatically because of streaming. These are issues we should have addressed three years ago, but due to the pandemic, the writers graciously agreed not to. Streaming has only taken a bigger share of the market… I think the Union is determined on this issue. They see it as an existential moment in the history of screenwriters’ incomeDanny Strong, screenwriter, director and producer, said in a statement to Variety.