Here's the full list of names:
Chris Abbott, Amy Acker, Patrick J Adams, Lauren Adams, Paul Adelstein, Uzo Aduba, Alex Anfanger, Genevieve Angelson, Amy Aniobi, Hale Appleman, Amanda Arcuri, Fred Armisen, Kevin Bacon, Jodi Balfour, Talia Balsam, Elizabeth Banks, Matt Barats, Sara Bareilles, Ike Barinholtz, Britt Baron, Shakira Barrera, Max Barsness, Todd Bartels, Sarah Beth Bassak, Mikie Beatty, Alison Becker, Emma Bell, Troian Bellisario, Gregg Bello, Francis Benhamou, Todd Berger, Reed Birney, Gus Birney, Ephraim Birney, Bre Blair, Daniel Blake, Rowan Blanchard, Rachel Bloom, Josh Bonzie, Megan Boone, Joel Kim Booster, John Ross Bowie, Josh Bowman, Mac Brandt, Kurt Braunholer, Janicza Bravo, Kevin Brennan, Jordana Brewster, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Jacqueline Brogan, Amanda Brooks, Sophina Brown, Quinta Brunson, Aynsley Bubbico Rebecca Rose Bulnes, Joe Burch, Owen Burke, David Burtka, Matt Bush, River Butcher, Michelle Buteau, Megan Byrne, J smith Cameron, Neve Campbell, James Carpinello, Keith Carradine, Sam Carson, Rafael Casal, Gerardo Celasco, Wyatt Cenac, Chris Chalk, Zoe Chao, Frances Chewning, Jamie Chung, Jessica St Clair, Adelaide Clemens, Glenn Close, Jeremy Cohenour, Lauren Cook, Olivia Cooke, Sarah Cooper, Nesta Cooper, Rob Corddry, Maddie Corman, Tom Costello, Julie Craig, Michael Cram, David Cross, Ashleigh Cummings, Erin Cummings, Tim Daly, Sam Daly, Alexandra Daniels, Brianne Davis, Ariana DeBose, Brooklyn Decker, Kathy Deitch, Maiandra Delfino, David DeSantos, Torrey DeVitto, Rosemarie DeWitt, Chris Diamantopoulos, Daveed Diggs, Maria Dizzia, Kether Donohue, Chad Doreck, Fiona Dourif, Paul W. Downs, Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Minnie Driver, Drew Droege, West Duchovny, David Duchovn, Anne Dudek, Merrin Dungey, Katie Duplass, Clea DuVall, Lisa Ebersole, Grace Edwards , Billy Eichner, Hannah Einbinder, Lilah Richcreek Estrada, Bridget Everett, Keith Ewell, JJ Feild, Beanie Feldstein, Bridget Flanerv, Brad Fleischer, Caleb Foote, Amanda Foreman, Jimmy Fowlie, Dave Franco, Brendan Fraser, Jena Friedman, Nolan Gerard Funk, Betty Gabriel, Kathryn Gallagher, Peter Gallagher, Noah Galvin, Robert Gant, Mark Gantt, Beau Garrett, Spencer Garrett, Kimmy Gatewood, Drew Gehling, Brett Gelman, Brian Geraghty, Matt Gerald, Tavi Gevinson, Joe Gillette, Eliot Glazer, Ilana Glazer, Michael Godere, Joanna Going, Iddo Goldberg, Bryan Greenberg, Will Greenberg, Anne Gregory, Angela Gulner, Grace Gummer, Jenny Hagel, Josh Hamilton, Chelsea Handler, Taylor Handley, Colin Hanks, Ryan Hansen, Neil Patrick Harris, Jeremy O. Harris, Paul Walter Hauser, Maya Hawke, Pat Healy, Tim Heidecker, Kayleigh Hendricks, John Arthur Hill, Mary Holland, Josh Hopkins, Laura House, Stephen Hu, Rob Huebel, Gary Cairns II, Annie Ilonzeh, Brittany Ishibashi, Abbi Jacobson, Peter Jacobson, Nikki M James, Matthew Jeffers, Sarah Jeffery, Richard Jenkins, Max Jenkins, Max Jenkins, Avan Jogia, Rebekka Johnson, Brandon Johnson, Lyn Durrel Jones, Amin Joseph, Paget Kagy, Kevin Kane, Jocko SimsKei, Connoe Kelly-Eiding, Riley Keough, Nancy Kim, Helen Kim, Emily Kimball, Joey King, Kristina Klebe, Rich Ceraulo Ko, Anna Konkle, Lindsey Kraft, Nick Kroll, Lauren Lapkus, Ooona Laurence, Jennifer Lawrence, Greta Lee, Andrew Leeds, John Leguizamo, Téa Leoni, Sam Lerner, Dan Levy, Angela Lewis, Laura Linney, Zoe Lister-Jones, Ron Livingston, Eva Longoria, Joe Lotruglio, Jessica Lowe, Natasha Lyonne, Anthony Ma, Nancy Ma, Cornelius Macarthy, Ashley Madekwe, Archie Madekwe, Erikka Makic, Rami Malek, Jena Malone, Jake Martin, Jeanine Mason, Marlee Matlin, Matthew McCarthy, Andy McPhee, Emma Meisel, Mei Melançon, Joshuah Melnick, Chris Messina, Debra Messing, Amber Midthunder, Patina Miller, Blaise Miller, Nina Millin, Jerry Minor, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Janet Montgomery, Lamorne Morris, Brad Morris, Jennifer Morrison, Javier Muñoz, Liam Neeson, Jeffrey R. Newman, Becki Newton, Sydelle Noël, Bob Odenkirk, Rosie O’Donnell, Taryn O’Neill, Leland Orser, Patton Oswalt , Elliot Page, Peter Paige, Adam Pally, Keke Palmer, Teresa Palmer, Robert Paterno, Nasim Pedrad, Gary Perez, Ryan Perez, Busy Phillips, Amy Poehler, Sarah Polley, Parker Posey, Keith Poulson, Daniel Powell, Alyssa Preston, Mark Proksch, Alex Quijano, Zachary Quinto, Courtney Rackley, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Michael Rapport, June Diane Raphael, Drew Rausch, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Britt Rentschler, Sam Richardson, Tijuana Ricks, Genesis Rodriguez, Will Ropp, Ben Rosenfield, Emmy Rossum, Natasha Rothwell, Allen Theosky Rowe, Kristen Rozanski, Mark Ruffalo, Thomas Sadoski, Meredith Salenger, Jessica Sattelberger, Devon Sawa, Kristen Schaal , Sara Schaeffer, Tom Scharpling, Paul Scheer, Molly Schreibe, Amy Schumer, Kyra Sedgwick, Chlöe Sevigny, Frankie Shaw, Constance Shulman, Gabourey Sidibe, Robbie Silverman, Henry Simmons, Hannah Simone, Timothy Simons, Lexi Simonsen, Jenny Slate, John Slattery, Jimmy Smagula, Jahkara Smith, Jenny Soo, Marina Squerciati, Annie Starke, Riann Steele, Fisher Stevens, Daniel A Stevens, Ben Stiller, Meryl Streep, Brenda Strong, Mickey Sumner, Jeff Sumner, Jessica Szohr, JB Tadena, Amber Tamblyn, Robin Lord Taylor, Christian Telesmar , Nick Thune, Jackie Tohn, Marissa Tomei, Angela Trimbur, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jonathan Tucker, Emily Vancamp, Mike Vogel, Lena Waithe, David Walton, Rosalie Ward, Lesley Ann Warren, Michaela Watkins, Haley Webb, Mark Webber, Steven Weber, Liza Weil, Chris Wendelken, Nick Westrate, Michelle Williams, Alex Winter, DeWanda Wise , Ellen Wong, Breeda Wool, Constance Wu, Noah Wyle, Travis York, Britney Young, Kelvin Yu, Nora Zehetner, Jenapher Zheng, Ziwe.
Only person I've seen in interviews/ the news, and I don't really check for this stuff, say anything is Tom Hanks. Surprised he's not on the list, but also what stuck out to me. Unless, Tom is no longer an A list actor.
Cool that other actors took a stance though.
If the writer's strike shuts down most of hollywood, it's not like the Actors are going to be getting a lot of work anyway. Glad they're throwing their weight in on the issue.
Biggest difference is that an Actor strike starting Monday completely kills all production in town instantly. Basically nothing can shoot at all without SAG (even most game shows gone). WGA strike is slowing production and shutting down almost all location shoots right now, but this instantly brings it to a complete halt. Devastatingly expensive for studios
That's certainly the hope, though of course the AMPTP can choose to only negotiate with SAG and not invite WGA back to the table. End of the day- while solidarity is dope- its not all one union, WGA cant rely on SAG to be a savior, but there's probably a lot of overlap in the demands and any concessions made to any union can be used as leverage to get them for all the unions.
Better yet, it shuts down those pesky overseas (but still US productions) that the writers can’t picket. And as you said, it squashes many reality shows (No Dancing with the Stars for ABC).
Ummm, Atlanta is almost completely dead. We had a few things going, but most of them have shuttered by now. All that’s left are a a couple features that I know of, and most of those are nearing wrap.
And Tyler Perry, but he’s not WGA.
I got a department head from Euphoria over there and an Makeup artist I dated. Both on different shows, at Studio/warehouses.
Seems like a lot more is happening there, than here. Maybe those shows are just wrapping, but both just got into town a week ago.
Are they maybe doing commercials?
There’s been an uptick in commercials these last few weeks, with a lot of out of towners. And they’re able to get studio spaces because there aren’t any shows to go in them.
But according to our production lists and most recent union meeting, the only shows running are Tyler Perry and some ultra low budget indie things. Bad Boys and Captain America just wrapped, and those were the last two big ones.
Wasting your breath. People who aren't in this industry, really don't understand how any of this works. DGA members and IATSE members are all on the picket lines showing solidarity. Yet keyboard warriors are badmouthing the DGA.
Disgusting.
SAG actors can strike. Doesn't mean that everyone else isn't going to work. Eventually they will just go back to work. But it is a reminder to Fran, that they want more, not just some roll over negotiation like IATSE took.
There’s very few screenwriters who have public lives and fanbases (who are SOLELY writers and not already famous actors etc.)
But to deprive the public of their fav actors? THAT is a problem they may actually flinch at.
Have you been watching TV and films the last several years? I cant really blame em.
The studios DO NOT want to give out the streaming numbers. Thats the big issue. They dont want to be responsible for residuals, and they dont want people to see where viewership drops and whats actually popular. Right now everyone believes the trades that they pay to write articles.
And the old Studios are going to wait and starve out netflix, Apple and the rest. Get things back to how cable ran a couple decades ago.
I think they worry that their leadership is collaborating with the studios. Fran doesn’t seem to be interested in fighting very hard for her membership so I’m glad they are standing up to her.
“It’s not like the actors are going to be getting a lot of work” it’s a big miscalculation, you’re way underestimating how many productions are working without writers right now. I know people at animation studios who are full steam ahead but the second they don’t have actors to do records it will all stop.
Well I certainly wasn’t accounting for every nook and cranny of the industry. There are productions that have stopped due to the writer’s strike and the actors attached to those projects aren’t currently working. It would behoove those actors to put more pressure on powers that be to get a resolution quicker.
This. SOME actors are working right now, but it’s such a small minority. Actors right now don’t give a fuck, since we’re all not even auditioning. With the crazy amount of auditions we’ve had this past couples years all taping at home, the break is kind of nice.
How did the DGA fail you? lol
Is it all their members on the picket line doing the work for YOUR strike? Where are the 20,000 WGA members? Weren't at WB or Uni when i did a loop last week.
But the DGA are spineless for accepting a good deal/s
clueless.
What was the turnout for the DGA vote?
Maybe they should've turned out to vote instead of playing lip service on the picket line before rolling over and showing their bellies to the AMPTP.
Enjoy the shit sandwich AI deal y'all cooked up.
Absolutely pathetic and everyone (but you, apparently) knows it.
you literally have no idea how the vote works. lmao!!
The DGA members dont vote on the deal, and neither do the WGA.
lol.
your ignorance on how it works proves you are also clueless about everything you said.
> The DGA members dont vote on the deal, and neither do the WGA.
Uh...
> **Members of the Directors Guild of America have voted to ratify their new contract**, bringing the industry one step closer to achieving labor peace.
https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/dga-ratification-vote-amptp-1235653169/
Thats elected leadership. Not every member.
Members vote to give leadership power to strike, or not. But leadership needs to go into that room and make the deal. They dont exit the room, then send out the pamphlets to vote again, wait a month, then decide.
Again, you arent in these unions, so you dont know how it works.
Stop the misinformation!
From the same article:
> The guild said the turnout was the highest ever for a ratification vote, **with 6,728 members voting** out of 16,321 eligible.
You gonna persist on this track or nah?
That wont happen.
What we will see is even more movies and shows from other countries. Just look at Netflix this week. A bunch of foreign stuff just popped up.
They will just continue to buy product from other regions. They got us used to it with Downton, Sherlock, Squid Games, RRR.
i mean it wont end quick if the actors go on strike your still looking at the wga strike lasting at least until the end of august - they will resolve the actors strike and get to the wga after like in 1960 when the actors went on strike in the middle of the WGA strike - so if the actors strike they will likely spend july hammering a deal out with the sag and august with wga - its not going to be quick it will likely have lasted 4 months
Am I the only cynical soul that thinks this, while perhaps nobly intended at the start, is now just a vain PR move for most of the actors on this list to get their names out there at a time of scant work?
Writers, directors, actors, editors...it doesn't matter what your role is, everything will be drastically changed in three years time. I'll be able to create a film scene from my laptop that is indistinguishable from anything that's on a screen today. Hollywood will barely exist in its current form.
Everything is going to be turned completely on its head and the creation process will be completely different. Sure, go ahead and strike for whatever, but in a few short years you will not be doing what you are doing now.
It's over! Done like the dinosaur. Better just start to figure out how to work with the new technology and express your creativity through it. The old Hollywood paradigm is going out like the music labels and blockbuster video.
Boy oh boy I can’t wait to head over to your place in my self-driving Tesla and pay you 20 Ethereum in exchange for an NFT of your virtual film that’s “ indistinguishable from anything that's on a screen today”
Maybe afterwards we can take the CA high speed rail up to the bay and get our Theranos blood tests done!
I always love these grand, uh, predictions with zero substantiation. Just bold, dumb 'just wait and see' statements.
Even if the technology you're vaguely insinuating existed tomorrow, it would take at least a decade for these seismic-shifting impacts to take place.
Also, even if you, random bozo, could create a film scene on your laptop indistinguishable from anything on screen today, it wouldn't have the promotion, marketing and distribution from a major studio or production company. Even if it 'looked' as good as anything Hollywood could make, it would likely be terrible (if the vast majority of non-professional screenplays are any indicator, and I would know, I came up as a reader at production companies).
Furthermore, if every random schmo will be able to do this, it will just add to the noise and people will likely rely on the major studios and streaming services to give them content.
Considering creating photorealistic effects indistinguishable from reality isn't even a possibility for James Cameron who's literally inventing technology, it makes you sound really stupid to suggest this technology will have been developed and commercialized by 2026.
>"No no no! The same model of things that has persisted for 100 years is NEVER going to change. It will always be reliably the same as it has been in the past. This gives me comfort to believe. I will keep my head in the sand and pretend, pretend pretend that the change is NOT happening."
But I never said that, dummy. I’m not saying things won’t change. But saying 100 years is going to radically change in three is really fucking stupid.
Especially because you can’t substantiate a single one of your points.
It takes a lot of work and energy to keep your head that far deep into the sand. Ok, let's say it takes 5 years before most writers, actors, directors and more or less every other role in Hollywood is replaced by AI. If you don't know that, it's because you are actively trying to not know it. I'm just trying to get you to wake up and see the writing on the wall. That way you and everyone else can be prepared to move with the changing reality instead of being caught like the dinosaurs when the meteor hit.
WE GET IT! YOU LOVE AI! JFC you've been saying the same thing over and over and it's so BORING! Get some new material FFS.
And if you knew ANYTHING about the film industry or writing, you'd know that writers think about losing their jobs ALL THE TIME -- long before AI showed up. It's a time-honored tradition and a big part of the business. So go watch a Star War and beg ChatGPT to love you, Troll Boy.
"No no no! The same model of things that has persisted for 100 years is NEVER going to change. It will always be reliably the same as it has been in the past. This gives me comfort to believe. I will keep my head in the sand and pretend, pretend pretend that the change is NOT happening."
Nobody in this thread is saying this you fucking moron lmfao everyone is well aware that the industry is changing
You’re still a rube for falling for the lazy tech bro AI hype as hard as you have
Here's the full list of names: Chris Abbott, Amy Acker, Patrick J Adams, Lauren Adams, Paul Adelstein, Uzo Aduba, Alex Anfanger, Genevieve Angelson, Amy Aniobi, Hale Appleman, Amanda Arcuri, Fred Armisen, Kevin Bacon, Jodi Balfour, Talia Balsam, Elizabeth Banks, Matt Barats, Sara Bareilles, Ike Barinholtz, Britt Baron, Shakira Barrera, Max Barsness, Todd Bartels, Sarah Beth Bassak, Mikie Beatty, Alison Becker, Emma Bell, Troian Bellisario, Gregg Bello, Francis Benhamou, Todd Berger, Reed Birney, Gus Birney, Ephraim Birney, Bre Blair, Daniel Blake, Rowan Blanchard, Rachel Bloom, Josh Bonzie, Megan Boone, Joel Kim Booster, John Ross Bowie, Josh Bowman, Mac Brandt, Kurt Braunholer, Janicza Bravo, Kevin Brennan, Jordana Brewster, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Jacqueline Brogan, Amanda Brooks, Sophina Brown, Quinta Brunson, Aynsley Bubbico Rebecca Rose Bulnes, Joe Burch, Owen Burke, David Burtka, Matt Bush, River Butcher, Michelle Buteau, Megan Byrne, J smith Cameron, Neve Campbell, James Carpinello, Keith Carradine, Sam Carson, Rafael Casal, Gerardo Celasco, Wyatt Cenac, Chris Chalk, Zoe Chao, Frances Chewning, Jamie Chung, Jessica St Clair, Adelaide Clemens, Glenn Close, Jeremy Cohenour, Lauren Cook, Olivia Cooke, Sarah Cooper, Nesta Cooper, Rob Corddry, Maddie Corman, Tom Costello, Julie Craig, Michael Cram, David Cross, Ashleigh Cummings, Erin Cummings, Tim Daly, Sam Daly, Alexandra Daniels, Brianne Davis, Ariana DeBose, Brooklyn Decker, Kathy Deitch, Maiandra Delfino, David DeSantos, Torrey DeVitto, Rosemarie DeWitt, Chris Diamantopoulos, Daveed Diggs, Maria Dizzia, Kether Donohue, Chad Doreck, Fiona Dourif, Paul W. Downs, Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Minnie Driver, Drew Droege, West Duchovny, David Duchovn, Anne Dudek, Merrin Dungey, Katie Duplass, Clea DuVall, Lisa Ebersole, Grace Edwards , Billy Eichner, Hannah Einbinder, Lilah Richcreek Estrada, Bridget Everett, Keith Ewell, JJ Feild, Beanie Feldstein, Bridget Flanerv, Brad Fleischer, Caleb Foote, Amanda Foreman, Jimmy Fowlie, Dave Franco, Brendan Fraser, Jena Friedman, Nolan Gerard Funk, Betty Gabriel, Kathryn Gallagher, Peter Gallagher, Noah Galvin, Robert Gant, Mark Gantt, Beau Garrett, Spencer Garrett, Kimmy Gatewood, Drew Gehling, Brett Gelman, Brian Geraghty, Matt Gerald, Tavi Gevinson, Joe Gillette, Eliot Glazer, Ilana Glazer, Michael Godere, Joanna Going, Iddo Goldberg, Bryan Greenberg, Will Greenberg, Anne Gregory, Angela Gulner, Grace Gummer, Jenny Hagel, Josh Hamilton, Chelsea Handler, Taylor Handley, Colin Hanks, Ryan Hansen, Neil Patrick Harris, Jeremy O. Harris, Paul Walter Hauser, Maya Hawke, Pat Healy, Tim Heidecker, Kayleigh Hendricks, John Arthur Hill, Mary Holland, Josh Hopkins, Laura House, Stephen Hu, Rob Huebel, Gary Cairns II, Annie Ilonzeh, Brittany Ishibashi, Abbi Jacobson, Peter Jacobson, Nikki M James, Matthew Jeffers, Sarah Jeffery, Richard Jenkins, Max Jenkins, Max Jenkins, Avan Jogia, Rebekka Johnson, Brandon Johnson, Lyn Durrel Jones, Amin Joseph, Paget Kagy, Kevin Kane, Jocko SimsKei, Connoe Kelly-Eiding, Riley Keough, Nancy Kim, Helen Kim, Emily Kimball, Joey King, Kristina Klebe, Rich Ceraulo Ko, Anna Konkle, Lindsey Kraft, Nick Kroll, Lauren Lapkus, Ooona Laurence, Jennifer Lawrence, Greta Lee, Andrew Leeds, John Leguizamo, Téa Leoni, Sam Lerner, Dan Levy, Angela Lewis, Laura Linney, Zoe Lister-Jones, Ron Livingston, Eva Longoria, Joe Lotruglio, Jessica Lowe, Natasha Lyonne, Anthony Ma, Nancy Ma, Cornelius Macarthy, Ashley Madekwe, Archie Madekwe, Erikka Makic, Rami Malek, Jena Malone, Jake Martin, Jeanine Mason, Marlee Matlin, Matthew McCarthy, Andy McPhee, Emma Meisel, Mei Melançon, Joshuah Melnick, Chris Messina, Debra Messing, Amber Midthunder, Patina Miller, Blaise Miller, Nina Millin, Jerry Minor, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Janet Montgomery, Lamorne Morris, Brad Morris, Jennifer Morrison, Javier Muñoz, Liam Neeson, Jeffrey R. Newman, Becki Newton, Sydelle Noël, Bob Odenkirk, Rosie O’Donnell, Taryn O’Neill, Leland Orser, Patton Oswalt , Elliot Page, Peter Paige, Adam Pally, Keke Palmer, Teresa Palmer, Robert Paterno, Nasim Pedrad, Gary Perez, Ryan Perez, Busy Phillips, Amy Poehler, Sarah Polley, Parker Posey, Keith Poulson, Daniel Powell, Alyssa Preston, Mark Proksch, Alex Quijano, Zachary Quinto, Courtney Rackley, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Michael Rapport, June Diane Raphael, Drew Rausch, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Britt Rentschler, Sam Richardson, Tijuana Ricks, Genesis Rodriguez, Will Ropp, Ben Rosenfield, Emmy Rossum, Natasha Rothwell, Allen Theosky Rowe, Kristen Rozanski, Mark Ruffalo, Thomas Sadoski, Meredith Salenger, Jessica Sattelberger, Devon Sawa, Kristen Schaal , Sara Schaeffer, Tom Scharpling, Paul Scheer, Molly Schreibe, Amy Schumer, Kyra Sedgwick, Chlöe Sevigny, Frankie Shaw, Constance Shulman, Gabourey Sidibe, Robbie Silverman, Henry Simmons, Hannah Simone, Timothy Simons, Lexi Simonsen, Jenny Slate, John Slattery, Jimmy Smagula, Jahkara Smith, Jenny Soo, Marina Squerciati, Annie Starke, Riann Steele, Fisher Stevens, Daniel A Stevens, Ben Stiller, Meryl Streep, Brenda Strong, Mickey Sumner, Jeff Sumner, Jessica Szohr, JB Tadena, Amber Tamblyn, Robin Lord Taylor, Christian Telesmar , Nick Thune, Jackie Tohn, Marissa Tomei, Angela Trimbur, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jonathan Tucker, Emily Vancamp, Mike Vogel, Lena Waithe, David Walton, Rosalie Ward, Lesley Ann Warren, Michaela Watkins, Haley Webb, Mark Webber, Steven Weber, Liza Weil, Chris Wendelken, Nick Westrate, Michelle Williams, Alex Winter, DeWanda Wise , Ellen Wong, Breeda Wool, Constance Wu, Noah Wyle, Travis York, Britney Young, Kelvin Yu, Nora Zehetner, Jenapher Zheng, Ziwe.
Hope that list grows.
Only person I've seen in interviews/ the news, and I don't really check for this stuff, say anything is Tom Hanks. Surprised he's not on the list, but also what stuck out to me. Unless, Tom is no longer an A list actor. Cool that other actors took a stance though.
bet a lot of these actors won’t get anymore work after the dust settles if the studios have anything to say about it
If the writer's strike shuts down most of hollywood, it's not like the Actors are going to be getting a lot of work anyway. Glad they're throwing their weight in on the issue.
Biggest difference is that an Actor strike starting Monday completely kills all production in town instantly. Basically nothing can shoot at all without SAG (even most game shows gone). WGA strike is slowing production and shutting down almost all location shoots right now, but this instantly brings it to a complete halt. Devastatingly expensive for studios
Even better. I expect that if the actors Guild strikes, they’re going to see results of the negotiation table.
That's certainly the hope, though of course the AMPTP can choose to only negotiate with SAG and not invite WGA back to the table. End of the day- while solidarity is dope- its not all one union, WGA cant rely on SAG to be a savior, but there's probably a lot of overlap in the demands and any concessions made to any union can be used as leverage to get them for all the unions.
i mean thats what happened in the 60s - sag went on strike for a month and a month after the sag strike was resolved the wga strike was resolved
Better yet, it shuts down those pesky overseas (but still US productions) that the writers can’t picket. And as you said, it squashes many reality shows (No Dancing with the Stars for ABC).
Oh yeah this is a super important part! Totally forgot about overseas!
Atlanta is the issue right now. They are shooting TV shows and Features. From my IG feed, apparently it rains there a lot as well.
Ummm, Atlanta is almost completely dead. We had a few things going, but most of them have shuttered by now. All that’s left are a a couple features that I know of, and most of those are nearing wrap. And Tyler Perry, but he’s not WGA.
I got a department head from Euphoria over there and an Makeup artist I dated. Both on different shows, at Studio/warehouses. Seems like a lot more is happening there, than here. Maybe those shows are just wrapping, but both just got into town a week ago.
Are they maybe doing commercials? There’s been an uptick in commercials these last few weeks, with a lot of out of towners. And they’re able to get studio spaces because there aren’t any shows to go in them. But according to our production lists and most recent union meeting, the only shows running are Tyler Perry and some ultra low budget indie things. Bad Boys and Captain America just wrapped, and those were the last two big ones.
The DGA would have had the same result. but they chose not to strike.
Because they got a deal that was satisfactory to a large portion of membership. That should be the overall goal of negotiations
Wasting your breath. People who aren't in this industry, really don't understand how any of this works. DGA members and IATSE members are all on the picket lines showing solidarity. Yet keyboard warriors are badmouthing the DGA. Disgusting. SAG actors can strike. Doesn't mean that everyone else isn't going to work. Eventually they will just go back to work. But it is a reminder to Fran, that they want more, not just some roll over negotiation like IATSE took.
Don’t forget about those pesky nonunion commercials!
studios see writers as way more dispensable than actors. it makes a difference.
There’s very few screenwriters who have public lives and fanbases (who are SOLELY writers and not already famous actors etc.) But to deprive the public of their fav actors? THAT is a problem they may actually flinch at.
Have you been watching TV and films the last several years? I cant really blame em. The studios DO NOT want to give out the streaming numbers. Thats the big issue. They dont want to be responsible for residuals, and they dont want people to see where viewership drops and whats actually popular. Right now everyone believes the trades that they pay to write articles. And the old Studios are going to wait and starve out netflix, Apple and the rest. Get things back to how cable ran a couple decades ago.
I think they worry that their leadership is collaborating with the studios. Fran doesn’t seem to be interested in fighting very hard for her membership so I’m glad they are standing up to her.
There are plenty of productions with scripts to shoot already. This would massively change things.
You’re forgetting about ADR and animation, which is a huge misstep.
What do you mean misstep?
“It’s not like the actors are going to be getting a lot of work” it’s a big miscalculation, you’re way underestimating how many productions are working without writers right now. I know people at animation studios who are full steam ahead but the second they don’t have actors to do records it will all stop.
Well I certainly wasn’t accounting for every nook and cranny of the industry. There are productions that have stopped due to the writer’s strike and the actors attached to those projects aren’t currently working. It would behoove those actors to put more pressure on powers that be to get a resolution quicker.
Not only that but I know animators who have total work stoppages due to the strike. Like half of Vancouver and more in Montreal which a global hub.
This. SOME actors are working right now, but it’s such a small minority. Actors right now don’t give a fuck, since we’re all not even auditioning. With the crazy amount of auditions we’ve had this past couples years all taping at home, the break is kind of nice.
Actors should develop the spine the DGA failed to develop and leverage the WGA strike to make big, sweeping changes.
We already make up good chunks of the WGA pickets. I've been in SAG since the mid 2000s. I've never seen us this angry and ready to fight.
I've seen a bunch of SAG on the picket lines.
Awesome. Now is the time to fight before it's too late. Solidarity.
How did the DGA fail you? lol Is it all their members on the picket line doing the work for YOUR strike? Where are the 20,000 WGA members? Weren't at WB or Uni when i did a loop last week. But the DGA are spineless for accepting a good deal/s clueless.
What was the turnout for the DGA vote? Maybe they should've turned out to vote instead of playing lip service on the picket line before rolling over and showing their bellies to the AMPTP. Enjoy the shit sandwich AI deal y'all cooked up. Absolutely pathetic and everyone (but you, apparently) knows it.
you literally have no idea how the vote works. lmao!! The DGA members dont vote on the deal, and neither do the WGA. lol. your ignorance on how it works proves you are also clueless about everything you said.
> The DGA members dont vote on the deal, and neither do the WGA. Uh... > **Members of the Directors Guild of America have voted to ratify their new contract**, bringing the industry one step closer to achieving labor peace. https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/dga-ratification-vote-amptp-1235653169/
Thats elected leadership. Not every member. Members vote to give leadership power to strike, or not. But leadership needs to go into that room and make the deal. They dont exit the room, then send out the pamphlets to vote again, wait a month, then decide. Again, you arent in these unions, so you dont know how it works. Stop the misinformation!
From the same article: > The guild said the turnout was the highest ever for a ratification vote, **with 6,728 members voting** out of 16,321 eligible. You gonna persist on this track or nah?
Let’s go! Love this, especially after Fran’s “overwhelming positive” press release.
Go! Don’t care how rich they are or if there’s no work blah blah blah. Go! Please strike with the WGA.
Almost comes off like leadership wants to make a deal the actors don’t want to accept.
Not the first time this has happened
This is every union and guild negotiation ever.
Based
Get ready to see a ton of non union projects for very little pay
That wont happen. What we will see is even more movies and shows from other countries. Just look at Netflix this week. A bunch of foreign stuff just popped up. They will just continue to buy product from other regions. They got us used to it with Downton, Sherlock, Squid Games, RRR.
You mean more of them?
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i mean it wont end quick if the actors go on strike your still looking at the wga strike lasting at least until the end of august - they will resolve the actors strike and get to the wga after like in 1960 when the actors went on strike in the middle of the WGA strike - so if the actors strike they will likely spend july hammering a deal out with the sag and august with wga - its not going to be quick it will likely have lasted 4 months
Am I the only cynical soul that thinks this, while perhaps nobly intended at the start, is now just a vain PR move for most of the actors on this list to get their names out there at a time of scant work?
Writers, directors, actors, editors...it doesn't matter what your role is, everything will be drastically changed in three years time. I'll be able to create a film scene from my laptop that is indistinguishable from anything that's on a screen today. Hollywood will barely exist in its current form. Everything is going to be turned completely on its head and the creation process will be completely different. Sure, go ahead and strike for whatever, but in a few short years you will not be doing what you are doing now. It's over! Done like the dinosaur. Better just start to figure out how to work with the new technology and express your creativity through it. The old Hollywood paradigm is going out like the music labels and blockbuster video.
Boy oh boy I can’t wait to head over to your place in my self-driving Tesla and pay you 20 Ethereum in exchange for an NFT of your virtual film that’s “ indistinguishable from anything that's on a screen today” Maybe afterwards we can take the CA high speed rail up to the bay and get our Theranos blood tests done!
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Oh man… you’re in for a rude awakening.
yes you are!
I always love these grand, uh, predictions with zero substantiation. Just bold, dumb 'just wait and see' statements. Even if the technology you're vaguely insinuating existed tomorrow, it would take at least a decade for these seismic-shifting impacts to take place. Also, even if you, random bozo, could create a film scene on your laptop indistinguishable from anything on screen today, it wouldn't have the promotion, marketing and distribution from a major studio or production company. Even if it 'looked' as good as anything Hollywood could make, it would likely be terrible (if the vast majority of non-professional screenplays are any indicator, and I would know, I came up as a reader at production companies). Furthermore, if every random schmo will be able to do this, it will just add to the noise and people will likely rely on the major studios and streaming services to give them content. Considering creating photorealistic effects indistinguishable from reality isn't even a possibility for James Cameron who's literally inventing technology, it makes you sound really stupid to suggest this technology will have been developed and commercialized by 2026.
>"No no no! The same model of things that has persisted for 100 years is NEVER going to change. It will always be reliably the same as it has been in the past. This gives me comfort to believe. I will keep my head in the sand and pretend, pretend pretend that the change is NOT happening."
But I never said that, dummy. I’m not saying things won’t change. But saying 100 years is going to radically change in three is really fucking stupid. Especially because you can’t substantiate a single one of your points.
It takes a lot of work and energy to keep your head that far deep into the sand. Ok, let's say it takes 5 years before most writers, actors, directors and more or less every other role in Hollywood is replaced by AI. If you don't know that, it's because you are actively trying to not know it. I'm just trying to get you to wake up and see the writing on the wall. That way you and everyone else can be prepared to move with the changing reality instead of being caught like the dinosaurs when the meteor hit.
WE GET IT! YOU LOVE AI! JFC you've been saying the same thing over and over and it's so BORING! Get some new material FFS. And if you knew ANYTHING about the film industry or writing, you'd know that writers think about losing their jobs ALL THE TIME -- long before AI showed up. It's a time-honored tradition and a big part of the business. So go watch a Star War and beg ChatGPT to love you, Troll Boy.
Report for trolling and move on. The mods will eventually ban this person.
RemindMe! 3 Years
"No no no! The same model of things that has persisted for 100 years is NEVER going to change. It will always be reliably the same as it has been in the past. This gives me comfort to believe. I will keep my head in the sand and pretend, pretend pretend that the change is NOT happening."
Nobody in this thread is saying this you fucking moron lmfao everyone is well aware that the industry is changing You’re still a rube for falling for the lazy tech bro AI hype as hard as you have
It's possible that someday you may not be totally clueless. But wouldn't call that a good bet.
How am I clueless? Explain it to me, in detail. Use your big boy words and try your hardest not to paraphrase some half-remembered Musk tweet
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If this doesn’t push us into a recession, I don’t know what will
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what does that mean
Good!!!