As WGA And Studios Continue Talks Into Sunday, Why A Local Mall Is Getting Trolled

Hollywood writers and studios are back at the negotiating table on Sunday, the fifth straight day of a round of renewed talks.

Anticipation has been building for a potential deal since negotiations restarted between the two sides last week.

Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), as well as from the actors union, have been on strike for months to fight for better wages and AI protections. Pickets are a common sight at a number of locations, including at Amazon in Culver City, Warner Bros. in Burbank, and Netflix in Hollywood.

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But one place has been comparatively under the radar: The Sherman Oaks Galleria.

The 250,000-square-foot open-air shopping center at the corner of Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards boasts an array of contemporary consumer comforts — Starbucks, a Regal cinema, P.F. Chang, a Cheesecake Factory.

As it happens, it also houses the headquarters of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), where the group representing studios and streamers have been bargaining with the Writers Guild of America (WGA).

As Hollywood waits for word on a deal, some are having a little fun at the expense of the suburban mall.

But what do you expect? Writers are gonna write, strike or no strike.