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by munchman

That’s Mr. Lieber on the left and looks like Disney/Marvel on the right?

Whoa! The big news yesterday – you know, Sunday, a day when they never show us any news, which explains why you never heard about it before as well as why yer friendly neighborhood muncher-in-chief isn’t reporting it til today…wait. Where wuz I?

Oh. Right. The big news is that – and this is a headline at dailycartoonist.com:

LARRY LIEBER, STAN LEE’S BROTHER, SUES MARVEL

And yessirree, what LL is suing about is “a bigger portion of the pie” Marvel and its master, Disney, are making from film characters like Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man, Loki et al, all of which, it turns out first appeared in comic book stories credited as written by, yeppers, you guessed it, Larry L his oh-so-very self. read article

Russell T. Davies is Returning to ‘Doctor Who’

As far as TVWriter™ is concerned, the biggest news in the TV industry last week and therefore the perfect thing to kick off this one is that Russell T. Davies, the genius writer-producer who was the cornerstone of the 2005 re-launching of BBC’s mucho revered series Doctor Who, is returning  as showrunner in 2022.

Here’s the scoop from the Doctor’s biggest and most reliable fan.

picture from Getty Images found at BBC.Com

The Future’s Bright. The Future’s Rusty
by Keith Telly Topping

Screenwriter, producer and all-round top-bloke yer actual Russell Davies is to take charge again of Doctor Who, the BBC’s popular, long-running family SF drama which he helped to revive so successfully in 2005. Big Rusty, who was the drama’s showrunner until 2009, will take over when Chris Chibnall departs next year. ‘I’m beyond excited to be back on my favourite show,’ said Davies…who resumes his role as the Doctor Who prepares to mark its sixtieth anniversary in 2023. read article

Latinx Writers Committee Offers Hope Despite Barriers

In honor of Latinx Heritage Month, the Writers Guild of America West brings us the following news.

via WGAW CONNECT

Latinx Heritage Month is a time to celebrate the contributions of Latinx people to American society. In Hollywood, where Latinx writers face systemic barriers to employment, advocates argue that the community has untapped potential for much greater cultural influence. The WGAW Latinx Writers Committee (LWC) is one group looking to unleash that potential. As Latinx writers continue to knock at opportunity’s door, the LWC is focused on giving them the tools to succeed once they get a foothold.

“Our committee is made up of over 200 Latinx film and TV writers, and we have many at the lower levels who are entering the Guild through a fellowship program, or getting promoted, or staffing for the first time,” says LWC Co-chair Danny Tolli. “It’s all wonderful and exciting but what ends up happening is, at the end of their 20 weeks, they’re not asked back and then they’re forced to repeat levels. We have one writer who was stuck repeating staff writer for five shows. read article

2021 Emmy Award Winning Writers

And now, because it’s the right thing to do (and you can see the other winners just about anywhere), here they are, the really big Emmy winners for this year. That’s right, we’re talking about the WRITERS!

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

Hacks, “There Is No Line (Pilot)”
Written by Lucia Aniello, Written by Paul W. Downs, Written by Jen Statsky

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL

 I May Destroy You
Written by Michaela Coel read article

Last Week’s Most Important Cord Cutting Developments

Locast streaming service shuts permanently

Cord Cutters News gives us the latest on the cord cutting front, including: an upcoming bundle that pairs Showtime with Paramount Plus, Apple TV getting is tvOS 15 software update next week, Locast suffering another legal blow, streaming services celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month, and more!

Cord Cutters Video Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6tUZA7GiIZPaUu4FQXnFYA

Cord Cutters Web Site:
http://cordcuttersnews.com read article