American director James Mangold assured this Friday at Cannes, where last night Harrison Ford premiered the latest installment of the Indiana Jones saga, that there are no films without good screenwriters and that he will be his in his fight regarding their demands. supports. Union of Territories in the United States.
“The first in the process are often forgotten,” he said at a press conference alongside Ford and other cast members such as Phoebe Waller-Bridge or Mads Mikkelsen, as well as the producers of Indiana Jones and the Dial. of Destiny (Jones and the Dial of Destiny).
Using this new film as an example, the entire team agreed on the importance of the script, which concludes the adventures of the most famous archaeologist in Hollywood.
Mangold explained, in fact, that there were several plot proposals for the film that did not answer what he saw as essential, answering the question of why this was happening at this moment in his life, while Ford explained that That too he is on the lookout for a script that would round out the saga.
“I think everyone here has shown that you can’t do any of this without good writers,” said Kathleen Kennedy, one of the most powerful producers in cinema today, behind The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. With resume. Button) to the Star Wars universe via Lincoln or Twister.
Kennedy assured that he also supports the writers’ union’s demands so that they get what they deserve and expressed hope that there would be an environment that allows for dialogue on these issues, which are indeed complex.
Because, as he pointed out, the industry is really changing and everyone is preparing for it.
Other Hollywood bigwigs have also expressed their support for the claims of the screenwriters, such as Michael Douglas or Sean Penn, during the Cannes Festival, which began on May 16 and ends on May 27.
On May 2, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced the launch of an indefinite strike after failing to reach a new agreement with the Alliance of Film and Television Producers (AMPTP).
Screenwriters are demanding better working conditions, an increase in the incentives that streaming platforms pay them to rebroadcast their productions, as well as regulation of creations generated by artificial intelligence, among other requests.
