Writers On Strike- Rally In Hollywood

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LOS ANGELES - Striking screenwriters marched down Hollywood Boulevard behind a phalanx of Teamsters trucks on Tuesday in a final show of force before labor leaders resume contract talks with major studios next week.The rally on the 16th day of the strike, which first hit television productions hardest, came as movie studios reported postponing two more films due to the walkout, one starring Johnny Depp and another with Penelope Cruz and Sophia Loren.Warner Bros. said Depp's adventure drama "Shantaram," which was scheduled to begin shooting in India in February, has been put on hold due to "strike-related script issues" that threatened to push production into India's monsoon season.The negotiations foundered mostly on differences over the writers' demands for a greater share of revenues from the Internet, widely seen as the future distribution pipeline of choice for filmed entertainment.Under pressure from back-channel diplomacy spearheaded by some of Hollywood's leading talent agents, the two sides agreed on Friday to return to the bargaining