One strike in Hollywood is rare enough—now the town is bracing for two.
As writers enter their 10th week on picket lines, actors are hurtling toward their July 12 deadline to negotiate a new contract with Hollywood studios, and it’s looking increasingly possible that they’ll collectively take a giant step“It feels like actors are already raring to go,” says one successful television actor, who notes that many fellow performers have gotten a taste for the strike life while out marching with writers on their picket lines.
SAG-AFTRA began preparing its members for a potential work stoppage last week when it sent out an email asking them to fill out a survey “about if and how you’d like to volunteer” in the event of a strike.
The guild held meetings with entertainment publicists and agents on Monday to discuss how a possible actors’ strike would impact them and their affected clients. They were told that, in addition to walking away from television and film productions around the world, striking SAG-AFTRA members would be forbidden from doing any publicity, including interviews, photo shoots, premieres, and social media that promotes studio projects.
Since the start of the WGA strike, there had been some confusion among members about what is and isn’t allowed in terms of publicity, social media and red carpet appearances. “It was very unorganized,” says one publicist, who notes the “more aggressive approach” SAG-AFTRA is taking.
Over the past week, rumors that negotiations have been going badly have grown louder and louder. Though SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have pledged not to speak publicly about their negotiations, word has started to trickle out from behind the closed doors of the AMPTP’s Sherman Oaks headquarters that the two sides are a world apart on several key issues, including placing limitations on the use of AI.
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