WGA Cancels Meeting With Kenya Barris, Noah Hawley and Other Showrunners Seeking to End Strike | Exclusive

The writer-producers are hoping to get answers and motivate the Writers Guild to reach a deal, an insider says

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From left, producer Kenya Barris, WGA negotiating committee co-chair Chris Keyser and producer Noah Hawley. (Getty Images)
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UPDATE: 10 PM PT 9/11 — Updated with response from WGA.

The Writers Guild of America canceled a scheduled meeting with top Hollywood showrunners, including Kenya Barris and Noah Hawley, on Monday after a week of intense bickering over whether the guild was adequately seeking a resolution to the entertainment industry’s crippling four-month-old strike, TheWrap has learned.

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Sharon Waxman, is the founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of TheWrap. She is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, and was a Hollywood correspondent for The New York Times. Twitter: @sharonwaxman

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