Movie Screenwriters Increasingly Turning to TV, Writers Guild Survey Says

Nearly 90% of writers — more than half of whom wrote feature films – say they’ll be looking for TV work, according to the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE).

When asked in a survey by the writers’ union to select the biggest challenges WGAE members will face in the next five years, half of the respondents identified the decreased number of feature films being made. Many also decried the lack of development deals in feature film and limited revenues from digital and online reuse of their work. When asked about the biggest opportunities for WGAE members in the next five years, 77 percent identified new production and distribution models in digital media, and nearly two-thirds said additional hours of scripted programming on TV and online.