Hollywood got here to a standstill amid the joint WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike — however not each TV present has stopped filming.
In July 2023, SAG-AFTRA approved a strike after the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP) did not address any of their concerns relating to truthful wages, using synthetic intelligence and extra points throughout contract negotiations.
The choice got here two months after the Writers Guild of America announced their own strike over a labor dispute with the AMPTP — the group that represents main networks corresponding to Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Discovery-Warner, NBC Common, Paramount and Sony.
TV reveals corresponding to Netflix’s Outer Banks initially kept filming amid the WGA strike because their scripts had been presumably completed. Almost all initiatives have since hit pause after the SAG strike was permitted, nevertheless there have been exceptions to the rule.
House of the Dragon, which movies within the U.Ok., continued to film due to their cast consisting primarily of U.Ok. actors. Their union, Fairness, prohibits members from happening strike attributable to U.Ok. legal guidelines that would result in a lawsuit.
“A performer becoming a member of the strike (or refusing to cross a picket line) within the U.Ok. could have no safety in opposition to being dismissed or sued for breach of contract by the producer or the engager,” Fairness stated in a July 2023 assertion to members, based on Selection. “Likewise, if Fairness encourages anybody to hitch the strike or not cross a picket line, Fairness itself can be performing unlawfully and therefore answerable for damages or an injunction.”
In the meantime, Trade and Dune: The Sisterhood adopted within the HBO present’s footsteps because of their own Equity connection.
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