The actors and writers strike have resulted in most Hollywood film and television productions being shut down, from the “Gladiator” sequel to the live action “Lilo & Stitch.'
Hollywood actors are joining screenwriters in the first dual strike from the two unions in more than six decades, with huge consequences for the film and television industry. Here is a look at how it has played out, why it’s happening, and what could come next.film and television productions being shut down, from the "Gladiator" sequel to the live action "Lilo & Stitch.
FILE - Members Of SAG-AFTRA And WGA walks the picket line during the strike on August 02, 2023, at The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.Actors are striking against studios and streaming services that bargain as the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The group's ranks include the major film studios , television networks and streaming services like Netflix, Apple TV+ and Amazon.
The list is being constantly updated on SAG-AFTRA’s website, but even some productions that have been granted waivers are still pausing for optics and solidarity. Viola Davis decided to step away from her film "G20," in which she plays the U.S. president at a G20 Summit overtaken by terrorists, despite it being granted a waiver.
"It provides absolute empirical proof that the terms that we are seeking in the negotiation are reasonable," he told The Associated Press this week. "There was a CEO of one of the companies who said that what we were asking for was unrealistic. And yet we have hundreds of independent producers who say we’ll be happy to produce under those terms."
FILE - Members of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild walk a picket line outside of Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery in New York City on August 2, 2023.To some members sweating it out on the picket lines and pinching pennies, it doesn’t feel like a united work stoppage when major celebrities like Hathaway and McConaughey get to still make movies.
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