Independent Producers are fighting off an extinction event in Hollywood...
Independent producers who find great writers and stories and work to package, sell, and produce them usually work for free the longest of anyone on the film. Producers United is working to fight off the extinction of the job.
On the proliferation of producer credits being given away as bonuses: “'If a real producer, who actually enables content to get made and be good, is something everyone wants to be, then we should protect the people who actually do that so that we can have the content,' said Cathy Schulman, a producer on the best picture winner 'Crash' and the Amazon Anne Hathaway drama 'The Idea of You,' who is part of the Producers United group. 'Imagine if the word ‘fireman’ meant that 15 people could say they’re the one, and only one has the hose.'”
"'The extinction event is real,' said Wang. 'Even at the highest level, it’s still not going to be something where you’re fully set.'”