Category: Sag aftra
SAG-AFTRA Votes to Ratify Their New Deal, Officially Ending the Strike
This post is by Jason Hellerman from No Film School The year of labor in Hollywood finishes with SAG-AFTRA members voting to ratify their deal. 78% of voting members approved it late last night. The union says they received more than $1 billion in additional compensation thanks to breakthroughs with the AMPTP, including an added…
David Zaslav Says Striking Writers Were “Right About Almost Everything”
This post is by Nicco Valenzuela from No Film School The WGA members spent the summer on strike because their members deserved pay bumps, protections from AI, and to prevent the job from becoming a gig. This strike came with the necessary sacrifices to ensure writing stayed a profession. In the end, writers were able…
SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP Reach a Tentative Agreement
This post is by Jason Hellerman from No Film School Late in the afternoon on Wednesday, November 8th, the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA were able to reach a tentative agreement, effectively ending the actor’s strike at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, November 9th. We don’t have any details on the new contract or its stipulations. Artificial intelligence was…
SAG-AFTRA Talks Break Down After Studios Engage in “Bully Tactics”
This post is by Sunny Shrestha from No Film School In a statement released to members shortly after midnight, union leaders have shared news that talks have broken down in large part to the studios engaging in “bully tactics,” before walking away from the bargaining table completely. This is obviously a huge blow and major…
SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP Resume Contract Talks for the First Time Since the Strike Began
This post is by Alyssa Miller from No Film School SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood’s biggest studios in the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are returning to the negotiation table on Monday, October 2, for the first time since the performers union went on strike on July 14 to talk about AI, streaming residuals, and…
SAG-AFTRA Authorizes a Strike Against the Video Game Industry
This post is by Jason Hellerman from No Film School SAG-AFTRA has voted with 98.32 percent in favor of striking against the video game industry. 34,687 members cast ballots, which represents 27.47 percent of eligible voters. The guild previously struck against video games in 2016/2017, and that lasted 183 days. Now, this does not mean…
How Much Does Aaron Paul Make From ‘Breaking Bad’ Residuals on Netflix?
This post is by Jason Hellerman from No Film School If you’re the actor on a TV show that found an audience on a streamer after airing on a traditional network, you’re probably out on the picket lines. We heard from Rick and Morty actor Spencer Grammer and learned about the Suits residuals, and now…
Indie Producers Fear Long Wait Periods for SAG Waivers
This post is by Nicco Valenzuela from No Film School The SAG-AFTRA strike has halted most production in Hollywood as the actors are on the picket lines and not appearing in movies. But SAG-AFTRA approved some waivers to let productions not affiliated with the AMPTP continue forward. As you can imagine, indie producers who were…
What Are Interim Agreements and Could They Help End the Strike?
This post is by Jason Hellerman from No Film School We’re at that point in the ongoing strike where many theories about what it would take to end it will come forward. The truth is, no one knows anything. A lot of these theories are just ideas without any real practical implications. But late last…