Tag: SAGAFTRA
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Studios, SAG-AFTRA reach deal to end Hollywood actors’ strike
[ad_1] Studios, SAG-AFTRA reach deal to end Hollywood actors’ strike – CBS News Watch CBS News Thousands of actors in film and television were finally able to return to work Thursday after their union, SAG-AFTRA, reached a deal with studios and streaming companies to end a strike that had lasted nearly four months. SAG-AFTRA President…
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WGA Congratulates SAG-AFTRA On Tentative Agreement – Deadline
[ad_1] There was plenty of solidarity between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA during this summer’s dual strikes. After SAG-AFTRA agreed its tentative agreement with the studios, the writers guild congratulated its sister union. “Congratulations to the SAG-AFTRA Negotiating Committee for reaching a tentative agreement after striking for 118 days to address the…
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Films released under SAG-AFTRA interim agreement show it’s possible to do the right thing
[ad_1] Hollywood actors went on strike against the major movie and television studios in July, and since then, they haven’t been promoting the trickle of movies released despite the strike. This week provides a reminder that another way is possible, though. On Friday, “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour Concert Film” will arrive in AMC…
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SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP to resume strike negotiations Monday
[ad_1] The union has been on strike since July 14. September 27, 2023, 10:29 PM The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) will be heading back into negotiations on Monday, Oct. 2. “SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP will meet for bargaining on Monday,…
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SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher Urges Members To Approve Strike Authorization Against Video Game Companies – Deadline
[ad_1] SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, saying that “right now is the time to show our solidarity,” is urging her members to authorize a strike against the video game industry. The guild, which has been on strike against the film and TV industries since July 14, could go on strike against the gaming companies any time…
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SAG-AFTRA Interim Casting Agreements Concern Indie Film Producers – Deadline
[ad_1] Fearing they won’t be able to set casts for film packages to sell at key festival markets, indie film producers are appealing to SAG-AFTRA to fast-track interim casting agreements that are holding things up. A number of projects have fallen away and others are at risk, a handful of producers told Deadline, for…
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I’m a Canadian actor on the SAG-AFTRA picket line. Here’s why I’m striking.
[ad_1] “The other side thinks they have the upper hand, but what they’re not taking into consideration is the tenacity of human nature, of the human soul” (Photograph by Anna Kennan) Acting is something I was destined to do. I’ve known this was my calling since I was a toddler, when my family moved from…
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Hollywood actors join writers on the picket lines as SAG-AFTRA strike gets underway
[ad_1] Hollywood actors join writers on the picket lines as SAG-AFTRA strike gets underway – CBS News Watch CBS News In Los Angeles and New York, thousands of film and television actors joined writers on the picket lines Friday, the first time that both the Screen Actors Guild and the Writers Guild of America have…
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SAG-AFTRA Strike: Studios’ AI Proposal Sounds Like Black Mirror, Right?
[ad_1] The world of Black Mirror might feel like a dystopian alternate reality. But Hollywood, it turns out, is a lot closer to becoming an episode of the Netflix anthology series than anyone—except maybe creator Charlie Brooker—could have realized. In a press conference announcing SAG-AFTRA’s plans to send its actor members out on strike, the…
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Actors likely to join writers on strike after SAG-AFTRA negotiations with studios break down
[ad_1] Actors likely to join writers on strike after SAG-AFTRA negotiations with studios break down – CBS News Watch CBS News Actors in SAG-AFTRA will vote on and likely approve a strike Thursday morning after labor talks broke down with Hollywood studios. The writers of the WGA have been on strike since May. CBS News…