All too quiet on the post-strike front

February 22, 2008 At the end of the first full post-strike week, development deals and script sales have been slower than many in the film world anticipated. Writers who had three months to work unfettered, the thinking went, would have spent part of that time polishing their old ideas and starting new ones -- pure spec scripts were allowed under WGA rules -- and agents would in turn be looking to capitalize on studios' hunger for post-strike projects. [...] agents and studio execs who were expecting a feverish return to work have found that, while meetings are back in gear, deals and scripts have been thin on the ground.

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