Strike in Hollywood: the production of independent projects was approved

Strike in Hollywood: the production of independent projects was approved

Last Thursday, the Screen Actors Guild of America began its first strike in four decades.

He Hollywood Screen Actors Guild yesterday approved the production of 39 independent audiovisual projects that do not belong to the Alliance of Film and Television Producers (AMPTP) within the framework of the strike that they have been carrying out since last Thursday.

According to information from local media, the list includes two construction projects A24 Filmsthe studio responsible for titles such as the Oscar-winning film “Everything Everywhere at the Same Time”of daniel kwan and daniel scheinert.

“Death of a Unicorn”with paul rudd and Jenna Ortega in front, is one of the authorized productions that will be filmed in Hungary, as well as the epic melodrama of David Lowery “Mother Mary”which will star Anne Hathaway and michaela coel.

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Courtesy: Hollywood Reporter

Other approved tapes are “Flight risk”directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg; “Dust Bunny”with the Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen and the American Sigourney Weaver in your cast, or “The Rivals of Amziah King”leadered by Matthew McConaughey.

What is the Hollywood Actors Guild demanding?

Last Thursday, the Screen Actors Guild of America began its first strike in four decades, with mobilizations in the main studios and streaming companies on the television circuit. hollywoodafter the negotiations for better wages and working conditions with the AMPTP did not come to fruition, adding to the strike that his fellow Scriptwriters have been carrying out since the beginning of May.

Within the framework of the measures of force, the actors and actresses gathered in the union determined that they will not work in Alianza productions, which represents large corporations such as Disney, Netflix, Amazon or Warner Bros., or promote films and series endorsed by them, among other restrictions. However, the union had already announced that it would agree to provisional agreements, known as “exceptions”, for independent projects.


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