Mexico City.- Series like Stranger Things have begun to be affected by the Hollywood writers’ strike.
Brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, creators of the Netflix mega-hit, announced Saturday on Twitter that filming for the fifth and final season will be postponed due to conflict between the writers and the studios.
“We’re the Duffers. The writing process doesn’t end when filming begins. While we’re excited to start shooting with our incredible cast and crew, it’s not possible to do so during this strike.
“We hope that a fair agreement can be reached soon so that we can all return to work. Until then, over and out,” they wrote on the @strangerwriters account, with the hashtag #wgastrong, expressing solidarity with the writers.
Anonymous Netflix sources confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter portal that the filming is postponed, but gave no further details.
The strike, which began the first minute of last Tuesday, has already caused several delays in the world of cinema and television. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) charges that studios don’t compensate writers well enough, especially in the streaming era, when series often have fewer episodes than before.
Artists like Mindy Kaling (The Office), Sara Ramirez (Grey’s Anatomy), Pete Davidson (Saturday Night Live) and Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City), some of whom are part of the union, have joined the protests of the writers in Los Angeles and New York.
Stranger Things is not the only production that has been affected. The MTV Movie & TV Awards, which air on Sunday night, will no longer be presented live, but recorded in advance and without the traditional audience. Drew Barrymore, who was to host the event, canceled his attendance out of solidarity with the WGA, but vowed to return next year.
