DGA could call the shots

October 10, 2007 Another day of desultory contract talks between the WGA and studio reps might fuel continued chatter about prospects of a strike, but such speculation misses the elephant in the labor-management living room: the DGA. Negotiations veteran Gil Cates heads a DGA negotiating committee that already has begun preliminary strategy sessions for the impending talks (HR 9/21). [...] informed handicappers believe the surreal prospect of Hollywood directors' hammering out a deal while writers walk the picket line will keep the WGA's finger off that figurative trigger for some time.

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