

The strike comes at a sensitive time for Hollywood.

Abrams, the filmmaker behind the latest Star Wars trilogy and a Star Trek reboot, took to the picket line to protest, as did Ted Lasso’s Jason Sudeikis, in solidarity with other writers. The duo are not the only big-name creatives to oppose studio pressure to remain behind their desk. “While we’re excited to start production with our amazing cast and crew, it is not possible during this strike.”

“Writing does not stop when filming begins,” the Duffer Brothers tweeted on Saturday. The brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, creators of the supernatural world of the Upside Down, posted to social media they are downing their proverbial tools after collective bargaining talks between writers and studios collapsed earlier this month.
