Happy Wednesday, my dear strangers!
This is Mrs. Strange, and on today’s episode for Stranger Universe, I will talk about the
potential writer’s strike in Hollywood that could affect the production of Stranger Things
5, as well as rumored behind the scenes drama.
In a recent article from Deadline, it was reported that the Writers Guild of America
has voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, with 95% of the members voting in favor of
the measure.
The vote comes after months of negotiations between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion
Picture and Television Producers, or AMPTP for short, failed to reach a new agreement
on a new contract.
If the strike takes place, it would be the first in Hollywood in over a decade and could
have a major impact on the entertainment industry.
The WGA is expected to continue negotiations with the AMPTP, but the authorization to strike
gives the union the option to call for a strike at any time.
If this strikes goes through on May 1st, we can expect lots of film and television productions,
including Stranger Things season 5, to be postponed until further notice.
There is no word on whether or not the scripts have been finished already, but I am sure
that the Duffers and the rest of the Writers Room will announce it since that’s exactly
what happened with Stranger Things 4.
If the scripts are finished before the deadline, then we should not worry.
But if they aren’t finished, then there will be a delay.
We shall see what happens here because even though they work in their capacity as directors
and show runners, the Duffer Brothers are members of the Writers Guild of America, so
they could definitely be in favor of this.
Moving onto other news or in this case rumors, the controversial gossip site Deuxmoi is back
at it again with more rumors regarding Stranger Things 5.
In the past, they reported on the release date for season 4 several times before they
finally got it right, so even though they are not the most reliable source of information,
they have their sources that prove to be correctright here and there.
They recently revealed a blind item stating that David Harbour will have limited screen
time in season 5, and that he and the creators of the show are not seeing eye to eye.
The claim also states that scheduling is a conflict, which may be the only thing correct
here because as we’ve known for months now, David Harbour will film Stranger Things 5
and Marvel’s Thunderbolts back to back in June.
With that said, I believe this is false because if you remember several months ago, the cast
salaries skyrocketed for season 5.
Harbour, alongside Winona Ryder, got top tier billing for the final season, set to earn
a reported $9.5 million for his final appearance as Jim Hopper.
Why would he get paid that high amount of money if he will appear in season 5 a lot
less than in the previous four seasons?
It sounds too stupid to be true.
Deuxmoi might be a reliable source of information when it comes to celebrity news and gossip,
but her site has not been trustworthy when it comes to Netflix and Stranger Things.
Some fans speculate that this may be true because the Stranger Writers account didn’t
post a happy birthday tweet to David Harbour in early April like they’ve done with Matthew
Modine and Sadie Sink on their birthdays, or even for Will Byers on his forgotten birth
date.
Whether or not there is some drama between the actor and the Duffers behind the scenes,
we shall see what happens in the coming weeks since Stranger Things season 5 is set to begin
production sometime at the end of May or in early June.
Overall, very worrisome times.
And that is all that we have for today!
Do you think the writers strike will delay Stranger Things 5?
And do you think that Hopper will have less screen time in season 5?
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