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My name is Bradley Gammel, and I'm an avid gamer and lover of cinema. My academic background features an English degree from Oklahoma State, and I am attending Pittsburgh State University as an MBA student.
SAG-AFTRA released a TikTok video to help spread awareness of their looming strike. The brief 42-second-long video contains imagery of the SAG-AFTRA union prepping for their strike as members craft their signs and ends with their steering, “union strong.” Some notable faces appear in the video, a telling sign of the times in Hollywood.
The ongoing negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers have until midnight July 12 to strike a deal. If an agreement isn’t struck by midnight, Hollywood will face its first simulations strike built up by actors and writers since the 1960s. Also, the system has already been significantly shaken since the Writers Guild of America strike began in May.
SAG-AFTRA represents 160,000 performers. A work stoppage would essentially bring all scripted TV and film production to a halt. The industry has already been handicapped by the pencils-down stance of the the Writers Guild of America, which went on strike against the AMPTP on May 2.
Most TV production in the U.S. has already been shut down due to the writers strike. But film production and international TV production — to the extent U.S. actors are involved — would also have to stop if the actors strike.
Variety
The Hollywood Halt
If SAG-AFTRA does go on strike, what would happen? In short, Hollywood would temporarily stop. Films and television shows that have carried on without writers on set, such as Deadpool 3, wouldn’t see production. Deadline has an article breaking this down, and it states that the only way to stop the strikes is the heads of Hollywood’s major studios.
During previous strikes, it has required a Lew Wasserman (in 1960 and 1981) or, in the case of the 2007-08 shutdown, a group including Peter Chernin, Bob Iger, Barry Meyer, Michael Lynton and Les Moonves, to help strike a deal.
Deadline
The possibility of the strike looks pretty likely, and as of this writing, there don’t seem to be any significant studio heads stepping up to the plate to help the negotiations. SAG-AFTRA also contains stricter rules and regulations for its members, meaning that more productions will be forced to close once again. We are leaving viewers with the slight possibility of non-union programming, which is limited.
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My name is Bradley Gammel, and I'm an avid gamer and lover of cinema. My academic background features an English degree from Oklahoma State, and I am attending Pittsburgh State University as an MBA student.
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