As writers and actors proceed to picket in Hollywood, here is what Studio executives are saying concerning the strike — and a have a look at how lengthy the studios could final with out writers and actors.

AILSA CHANG, HOST:

All proper, effectively, we did ask the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers if a studio head was obtainable for interview. They declined, and a spokesperson wrote us this as a substitute – quote, “the AMPTP absolutely acknowledges that the proficient, inventive neighborhood makes the leisure business attainable. The AMPTP is targeted on reaching a swift decision to the strike and is keen to have a significant negotiation concerning the points on the desk with SAG-AFTRA and WGA leaders.”

Nicely, we’ll herald NPR tradition correspondent Mandalit del Barco now. She’s been masking the double strikes in Hollywood, and she or he was with us throughout that interview with Fran Drescher. She joins us now in studio. Hey, Mandalit.

MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: Hey, Ailsa.

CHANG: OK, so inform us extra about what studio executives are saying concerning the strike.

DEL BARCO: Nicely, you realize, if it is any indication, the AMPTP additionally not too long ago employed a disaster administration group and a public relations agency to attempt to change the narrative that they are the unhealthy guys on this state of affairs. However then once more, nearly all people in Hollywood has a PR agent.

CHANG: Proper.

DEL BARCO: ? So apart from Disney’s Bob Iger, who you quoted, Ailsa, we have heard little or no from the heads of the studios, just some nameless quotes in a few of the commerce publications. Months into the strike, the studio CEOs lastly met immediately with the Writers Guild of America. That did not go over so effectively. They had been accused of chastising the writers. And as Fran Drescher famous, the studios have not gotten again to the actors but. However we would get some clues from the second quarter earnings calls these studio heads are making. Take a take heed to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav speaking to buyers this week.

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DAVID ZASLAV: It is critically vital that everyone – the writers, the administrators, the actors, producers, all of the below-the-line crews – everybody must be pretty compensated. And they should really feel valued and really feel that they are pretty compensated in an effort to do their greatest work. And we now have to give attention to getting that executed. , I am hopeful it should occur quickly.

CHANG: That does sort of sound hopeful.

DEL BARCO: Nicely, Zaslav mentioned due to its hit film “Barbie” and since they are not spending on productions, Warner Bros. has had a great summer time. However he says if the strikes undergo the top of the 12 months, he expects earnings to go down by as a lot as $500 million.

CHANG: Nicely, how lengthy do you suppose the studios can go with out the writers and actors working?

DEL BARCO: We’ll see how this fall goes for the studios. Actors and writers should not selling their reveals and flicks. Some studios have delayed a few of their massive film openings and can quickly begin noticing the one new content material on the small display are unscripted reveals, actuality reveals. And one final thing – youthful generations could not even have a lot use for conventional Hollywood. Simply ask my 11-year-old. She watches TV and flicks, however much more TikToks and YouTube movies.

CHANG: (Laughter) Oh, I so imagine that. That’s NPR’s Mandalit del Barco. Thanks a lot, Mandalit.

DEL BARCO: Thanks, Ailsa.

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