Starz’s television show “P-Valley” has been delayed due to the writers’ strike, with the creator of the show taking a stand.
Filming for the third season of Starz’s “P-Valley” in Atlanta has been postponed due to the writers’ strike.
The Lionsgate Television-produced show was renewed for another 10-episode run last year, but production was halted in the midst of the Writer’s Guild of America strike.
The strike that is holding up “P-Valley” is an ongoing labor dispute between the Writers Guild of America (WGA), which represents 11,500 writers, and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
“We will not be filming until a fair deal is reached,” show creator and showrunner Katori Hall said, “We hear that filming had not started, but Hall’s comments refer to the writer’s room. Like many of my fellow showrunners, I feel as though my writing and producing duties are inextricably linked.”
“I am also a member of the DGA whose AMPTP contract begins negotiations today,” Hall said. “Overlapping issues abound, and we shall see how these stories end. As a writer, I strike with a sense of radical dignity — that our work must be valued for the magic it is.”
Hall’s play “Pussy Valley,” which was adapted into the Starz television series P-Valley, follows the lives of the dancers and staff at The Pynk, a strip club in the fictional town of Chucalissa, Miss.
The show explores issues of race, class, gender and sexuality and has been praised for its diverse cast and honest portrayal of the lives of sex workers.
It is the largest disruption to American television and film production since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the largest work stoppage for the WGA since the 2007-08 strike.
The strike is over a number of issues, including pay parity between writers on streaming services and writers on traditional television networks; residuals for writers on streaming services, which includes payments writers receive each time their work is aired or streamed; and new media rights, with writers seeking new media rights to distribute writers’ work on new platforms such as streaming services and video games.
