The Impact of AMPTP’s Refusal to Negotiate Fairly Will Add Up Fast
There is nothing more satisfying than when bosses realize who does the work needed to make them money. While the WGA successfully picketed and shut down productions on both coasts,…
Tensions Rise on the Picket Lines as the WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes Continue
Striking SAG-AFTRA members picket with striking WGA (Writers Guild of America) workers outside Warner Bros. Studio on July 17, 2023 in Burbank, California.Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) The performers of…
SAG-AFTRA’s Rejected Contract Demands Seem Beyond Reasonable
As the SAG-AFTRA strike continues, the union has released its list of demands alongside the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ responses. A note that AMPTP denies that this…
What Can Fans Actually Do to Support the WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes?
The ongoing WGA strike—in its third month of action as of writing—and last week’s announcement that SAG-AFTRA, the wide-ranging actors union, would be joining it on strike, have created a…
Haunted Mansion Disneyland Premiere Is a Grim Look at Studio Strike Cope
Image: Disney With Hollywood actors now striking, it doesn’t just mean that various big budget productions now have to cease. It also means that until the strike is actually done,…
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…