Amid talks about regulating foreign streaming services in this country, the Writers Guild of Canada is sounding the alarm on what it says is a troubling trend toward a “service industry” and “massive exodus” of talent.
“Service production has its place, we understand that, it keeps crews employed, et cetera,” WGC executive director Maureen Parker said in a recent phone interview.Parker said foreign streamers like to shoot here because Canadian crews are adept at creating the esthetic of a North American production, our businesses are interconnected, and “it’s just a great deal.”
As Parker explains, the development process for a series typically takes about 18 months, and the writing is often done in Los Angeles prior to the production coming to Canada. Such trends have contributed to “a massive exodus” of WGC membership to L.A. over the past five years, Parker said.
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