Hollywood Actors’ Strike Ends, Resumes Production on Major Movies
After a grueling 118-day labor action, the Hollywood actors’ strike has finally come to an end. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced on Wednesday that they have reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), signaling the resumption of production on major movies.
The strike, which saw actors fighting for their rights amid the rise of artificial intelligence and streaming residuals, has been suspended as of Thursday, November 9th. The deal, valued at over a billion dollars, includes minimum compensation increases, protection from the threat of AI, and a streaming participation bonus. It also includes increased caps on pension and healthcare, an outsize compensation increase for extras, and provisions to protect diverse communities.
Both SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP have praised the agreement, highlighting the significant gains made for actors. The AMPTP called it a new paradigm and emphasized the historic contract gains, including the largest increase in minimum wages in the last forty years, a brand new residual for streaming programs, and extensive consent and compensation protections for the use of artificial intelligence.
With the actors’ strike and the previous writers’ strike now resolved, the Hollywood production can move forward. While most shoots won’t begin until early 2024 due to the holiday season, there is a rush to resume work immediately on several major movies that were paused mid-shoot, to ensure the lucrative summer schedule of 2024.
Some of the films set to resume shooting this week or in the very near future include Deadpool 3, Venom 3, Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice 2, Apple’s Formula One movie starring Brad Pitt, and Clint Eastwood’s courtroom drama Juror No. 2.
Apart from returning to work on movies and TV shows, Hollywood actors will also be busy with awards season. Expect to see them hitting the campaign trail, promoting their projects on talk shows and through magazine profiles.
The resolution of the actors’ strike brings relief to the industry and allows production to resume on eagerly anticipated movies. With the agreement in place, actors can continue to build sustainable careers and benefit from the protections and compensation provided. The end of the strike is a positive step forward for the Hollywood community and its audiences, who can now look forward to the release of exciting new films in the near future.
Note: The article has been generated by OpenAI’s GPT-3 language model.
