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Sit Down, walk out.

Scriptwriters on the US animated adaptation of the Australian sitcom, Sit Down Shut Up have walked out, over contractual differences with Sony Pictures.

The writers, who are members of the WGA, claim they were misled by Sony TV that they would be covered by the WGA. Sony says it had made arrangements with another union, IATSE.

“The producer, Adelaide Prods., has been a signatory to the IATSE bargaining agreement for at least 10 years, and has been producing animated programming under that agreement,” Sony said in a statement. “All of the deals made with the writers were specifically negotiated with their agents specifying that this program would be covered by the IATSE bargaining agreement.”

Writers on all other animated Fox series, produced by 20th Century Fox TV, are represented by the WGA.

Sit Down Shut Up was a short-lived Australian sitcom about self-absorbed school teachers, which is having a US adaptation under the man responsible for Arrested Development.

“The writers of ‘Sit Down, Shut Up’ are Writers Guild members, and they want the show to be covered by a WGA contract,” the WGA said in a statement. “We have been in conversations with Sony, and hope this will be settled soon.”

Source: Hollywood Reporter

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