SAG-AFTRA Will Vote to Permit Actor Strike Against Video Games

It’s been a strike-heavy couple of months, and now video game actors may get brought into the mix. No Google AI Search, I Don’t Need to Learn About the “Benefits of Slavery” Per Deadline, SAG-AFTRA’s board has unanimously voted to authorize a strike in case its upcoming bargaining meeting with the games industry falls through. … Read more

First Reactions Praise Netflix Adaptation

Image: Netflix Next week, the live-action adaptation of One Piece finally sets sail, and it wouldn’t be wrong to say it has a lot to live up to. Eiichiro Oda’s shonen series has grown in popularity (and length) over the years, and this show is coming off the back of a recent theatrical movie and … Read more

Writers Union Considering New AMPTP Offer

Since early May, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been striking for better pay and protections against AI (among other conditions). Over the months, support for the union has persisted across various avenues, and grown as SAG-AFTRA has also joined in on the strike efforts. Though last weekend saw botched negotiations between the WGA … Read more

Disney’s Bob Iger Now Says He Wants Strikes to End ‘Quickly’

Image: Walt Disney Animation Studios (Getty Images), Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) After 100 days of the writers’ strike, and nearly a month of the actors’ strike, Disney has realized it needs writers and actors to celebrate the company’s 100 years, which were made possible by those very artists. Should You Flip Out for This … Read more

The Rock makes a huge donation to help striking actors

Dwayne Johnson attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.Photo: Emma McIntyre (Getty Images) Movie stars make millions, but many working actors struggle to make ends meet – an issue that has become more aware thanks to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. While union members fighting Hollywood studios for fair contractsone … Read more

Hollywood’s Nightmarish AI Suggests SAG Actors

Picture: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images) On today’s SAG-AFTRA Strike Noticethe AI suggestions presented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers was broadcast for the first time, and it was said to include take scans of background actors for use not just in a single project, but all projects, forever. Find Uhura’s Trust in … Read more

SAG-AFTRA Union approves work stoppage

In a live press conference today SAG-AFTRA confirmed what we all suspected would happen: the actors walk out. Following negotiations between the actors’ guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to produce an acceptable subsequent contractallowed SAG-AFTRA to let its contract expire Wednesday at midnight. SAG-AFTRA press conference And now the … Read more