Strike of actors in Hollywood: the movies and series that will be affected

After the confirmation that the union of actors SAG-AFTRA and the association that brings together the producers (PTAMP) did not reach an agreement, confirmation of the Hollywood strike is imminent.

This is the first strike involving the actors since the 1980s, and the first where they side with the writers since the 1960s, when Ronald Reagan was SAG president. An extraordinary situation that will only aggravate the paralysis in which Hollywood is plunged. Until now the big companies had managed to keep some of their productions going on the condition of not having scriptwriters on set, but as of today they cannot have interpreters either.

Series affected by the actors’ strike

House of the Dragonthe series that continues to investigate the past of game of Thrones it failed to complete its shooting on time and the SAG-AFTRA decision halted filming in the UK and Spain.

The same goes for the third season of Industry and the first of the day of the chacahe, who starred eddie redmayne. The second season of Bad Sistersthe second of Andor and the first episodes of doctor who with the leading role of Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) as a new doctor.

series of alien in charge of noah hawley for FX he was waiting to be able to roll, but he will have to stay with the desire. While there have been series that had already slowed down due to the absence of the scriptwriters, and that now have to definitively prolong the strike: this is the case of the fourth season of Emily in Paris with Lily Collins and the third of The White Lotuswhich was to be shot in Thailand.

Movies affected by the actors’ strike

While waiting for the studios to react with new suspensions (or with the postponement of more releases than they postponed due to the writers’ strike), the cinematographic field has been similarly hit hard. Paddington in Peruthird installment of paddingtonwas going to start filming on July 24 adding to Rachel Zegler, Antonio Banderas and Olivia Colman to the cast, and now it’s in limbo.

It happens equally with Amateur: Slow Horsesfilming with rami malek paused, with The Radleys (film where damian lewis heads a family of vampires), and with Heads of the Statewho starred for Amazon Idris Elbe and John Cena. There are some pretty powerful movies on the list, highlighting Gladiators 2: the sequel to which Ridley Scott returns to direct, which was going to be shot in Morocco with people like Paul Mescal and Peter Pascal.

Mortal Kombat 2sequel with Karl Urban. Also another second part beetlejuice 2who directed Tim Burton with Jenna Ortega and Michael Keaton. In addition to Speak No Evil, remake of the homonymous horror film with james mcavoyand finally wicked. This is a very ambitious production by Universal, which with the leading role of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo adapts the famous Broadway musical in two parts.