2023 was a labor-heavy year for the entertainment industry thanks to the Hollywood strikes. While actors, writers, and directors now have new deals, other parts of the industry are still working to ensure better conditions and AI safeguards. Were There Any Scenes Cut Connecting Ghostbusters: Afterlife to Frozen Empire? Late Friday night, it was revealed … Read more
At the start of November, SAG-AFTRA managed to secure a tentative deal with studios to bring the actors strike to an end. As the union’s members are voting on the contract, SAG-AFTRA has released its draft for the general public to go through in its full, 128-page glory. Who’s This Thing Actually for? | PlayStation … Read more
Image: SAG/AFTRA Following the news Wednesday night that the SAG-AFTRA strike had come to an end after nearly 120 days, supporters have been waiting to hear more details about the tentative agreement. Today, union president Fran Drescher, national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and others held a press conference following the SAG-AFTRA National … Read more
As the SAG-AFTRA strike continues, and working-class actors are still on the picket line, A-list stars are navigating their movements almost too cautiously, calling for contentious talks with the AMPTP to resume as we head into the winter months. Are Fans Tired of Marvel and DC? Superhero Fatigue at NYCC 2023 Among the whole of the studio … Read more
This weekend, SAG-AFTRA and NAVA—the National Association for Voice Actors—teamed up for a panel at New York Comic Con about AI in entertainment. Moderator Lindsay Rousseau, who is also a voice actress, introduced the panel by explaining that “right now there are no legal or legislative protections for our voices, and sometimes not even for … Read more
Picture: Kevin Winter (Getty Pictures) As SAG-AFTRA reaches the tip of its second month on strike, the union could have discovered an unlikely hero within the face of Taylor Swift. The singer-songwriter has reportedly met the union’s calls for over the discharge of her live performance movie for The Eras Tour, which is able to … Read more
“We’ve bought to reject the concept that [AI] is simply one thing that’s going to occur to us and we are able to’t say something about it,” stated SAG-AFTRA nationwide govt director, Duncan Crabtree-Eire at the start of a panel specializing in AI and leisure. “I believe it positively might, the query is whether or … Read more
Picture: Frazer Harrison (Getty Photographs) At as we speak’s SAG-AFTRA strike announcement, the AI proposal put forth by the the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers was aired out for the primary time, and it was stated to incorporate taking scans of background actors to be used not solely in a single mission, however … Read more