What Does the SAG-AFTRA Strike Mean for Actual Play Shows?
SAG-AFTRA is now on strike, and Hollywood actors and writers are picketing for better pay and other working conditions. What that means that nearly all Hollywood productions are ground to…
Wheel of Time, Interview With the Vampire, and Other Comic-Con Cancellations
With SAG-AFTRA officially on strike, San Diego Comic-Con—which was already expecting a diminished Hollywood presence in light of the ongoing WGA strike—has started announcing panels that will be dropping off…
Deadpool 3 Halts Production Amid Actors’ Strike
Image: Deadpool 2 | Marvel According to Variety, Deadpool 3—starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman—has stopped filming. While many other productions are expected to come to a halt by noon…
Hollywood’s ‘Groundbreaking’ AI Proposal for Actors Sounds Like a Nightmare
Image: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images) At today’s SAG-AFTRA strike announcement, the AI proposal put forth by the the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers was aired out for the…
SAG-AFTRA Authorizes Actors’ Strike After a Negotiation Breakdown
In a live-streamed press conference today, SAG-AFTRA confirmed what we all suspected would happen: the actors are walking out. After negotiations between the actor’s guild and the Alliance of Motion…
SAG-AFTRA Agrees to Federal Mediation, But Not to an Extension
As strike talk in Hollywood heats up, entertainment industry publications like Variety and Deadline are running multiple stories about the WGA, SAG-AFTRA, DGA, and the AMPTP every day. And, as…
Hollywood Studios Discuss Bringing in Federal Negotiator to Avoid Actors’ Strike
Image: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Instead of getting on a conference call to figure out how to give SAG-AFTRA a fair deal, Variety reports that bigwigs in the Alliance of…
SAG-AFTRA Is Making Preparations to Strike
Image: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images) SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents “actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover…
Studios Barely Avoid SAG-AFTRA Strike by Extending Negotiation Date
Friday, June 30 was meant to be the cutoff date for negotiations between Hollywood studios and SAG-AFTRA. Had a deal not been struck by then, the actors guild was going…
Directors Guild Makes New Deal with Studios, Despite Low Voter Turnout
Earlier in the month, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP). Because the WGA Strike is about…