SAG-AFTRA members, listen up! You just dodged a bullet (or an AI takeover, to be more precise) and scored a major win with your new contracts. Let’s break it down. This week, SAG-AFTRA members overwhelmingly approved the new 2023 Television Animation Agreement and its counterpart, the 2023 Basic Cable Animation … [Read More]
Weathering the unexpected storm of writer’s strike, it seems Hollywood has much more to lose than what meets the eye. With the brain and muscles of the industry on the roads, movies aren’t the only projects that are being affected. While our favorite under-production shows are delayed for release on … [Read More]
It’s been more than 100 days that SAG-AFTRA has been actively on strike. As Hollywood is now cutting film production costs by altering actors and writers with AI, these strikes aim to prevent the exploitation of their hard work. Along with many of its advantages for actors and writers, there … [Read More]
Let me start by saying that Friday’s Chicago Fan Expo was quite the rollercoaster ride of emotions. I mean, who would’ve thought that the calm and collected Giancarlo Esposito, aka the mastermind Gustavo Fring from “Breaking Bad,” would turn into a passionate orator right before our eyes? Hold onto your … [Read More]
The president of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Courtney B. Vance, announced on Wednesday that the organization was raising donations. Vance had stated about this fundraising and its efforts over the last few weeks. “The entertainment industry is in crisis, and the SAG-AFTRA Foundation is currently processing more than 30 times our … [Read More]
The ongoing strikes by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) underscore the critical importance of fair compensation for writers and actors in the entertainment industry. These labor disputes highlight the need to recognize and value the hard work, … [Read More]
It looks like everyone’s union agreement is up this year and it is now SAG and AFTRA’s turn up at bat. We get wind of this negotiation news from the caves of Yahoo: After months of industrywide angst, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) will sit down Tuesday at the bargaining … [Read More]
After an invitation from SAG to join in negotiations with studio execs, AFTRA is choosing not to actively participate in the talks. Yahoo.com gives us more on the story: Two staff members from the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists will only be observers as the Screen Actors Guild … [Read More]
Generally speaking, the two major actors unions, The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), have negotiated with the Producers association together and collectively. However, as we talked about a month ago, AFTRA has not been happy with SAG’s apparent refusal to start … [Read More]
With the writers strike barely behind us, the next looming nightmare on the horizon is the expiration of the actor’s contracts. SAG (The Screen Actors Guild) will have its collective agreement with the AMPTP (The producers) expire in June and will then be in position to strike. Yes… another strike … [Read More]
Web-slingers and symbiote sympathizers, get ready to buckle up! Sony just dropped the bomb on the title for the next Venom flick, and it’s got a certain…rhythmic quality to it. We’re talkin’ about Venom: The Last Dance! That’s right, everyone’s favorite brooding journalist with an anger management problem (who also happens … [Read More]
Once upon a time, live-action remakes seemed exclusive to Disney. However, this new year has more to offer than expected. Here’s how Dreamworks’ dream project, which is the first-ever live-action remake of How To Train Your Dragon, is taking center stage in 2024. Dragon Training Gets Real, Literally While it’s … [Read More]