The 12,000 members of the Writer's Guild of America will go on strike Monday morning in an action against the networks and studios. Although the strike is nearly a certainty, there is room for more talks.

The Writer's Guild spokesperson emphasized they will negotiate with the companies through the weekend provided the companies will not insist that residuals for DVDs not increase. Effectively, the clock is ticking down with 48 hours to go. "We do not want to strike," said WGA negotiating chairman John Bowman.

It now seems that talks are doubtful and the companies are not considering negotiation, based on Nick Counter's statement, "We are very disappointed with their press conference and the action they took. Their press conference was full of falsehoods, misstatements and inaccuracies..."

All writing covered under WGA, which is the majority of  projects, would cease when a stirke begins. Only projects with final scripts would be able to proceed to development. Production companies have been on the clock for some time, racing to finalize scripts before the deadline.

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