The shutdown – the first time that both writers and actors have been on strike at the same time in more than 60 years – will deliver huge ripple effects across the world, including Canada, writes HertzBarry.
Late Wednesday night, talks broke down between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers , which represents Hollywood studios and streamers, and the 160,000-plus members of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists . With the union’s three-year TV and theatrical contract having expired at midnight – and the two sides reportedly miles apart on issues ranging from streaming residuals to the use of artificial intelligence – U.S.
So: who is to blame? It is easy to lack sympathy for superstars like Tom Cruise or Margot Robbie – to name two stars who just raced around the globe promoting their respective summer movies before the strike deadline hit – but the issues at play here are larger than any one celebrity. Over the past half-decade, the Hollywood ecosystem has been undergoing a tectonic shift in order to please Wall Street, “disruption” being the key word of the era.
Meanwhile, data on just how well movies and shows are performing in the new digital realm is essentially kept under lock and key, so secret that not even the stars or directors of productions often know how many people are watching what they created, and thus how well their success should be financially rewarded.In true Hollywood fashion, though, the AMPTP has cast easily identifiable heroes and villains for its own drama.
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