Hollywood workers union reaches pay, AI-use deal with top studios
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Hollywood workers union reaches pay, AI-use deal with top studios

The Hindu  

A union representing Hollywood film and television crew said on Tuesday it has reached a tentative three-year deal with major studios that includes agreed-on pay hikes and guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees members, which include lighting technicians and costume designers, are to ratify the deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents Disney, Netflix and others. In late 2023, the SAG-AFTRA actors union and the studios reached a labor agreement which ended a near six-month dispute that had halted film and TV production. That contract also provided for pay raises and streaming bonuses that union leaders said amounted to more than $1 billion over three years, and also included protection around the use of AI in filmmaking.

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Hollywood unions are facing an uphill battle against Trump, AI and the slowdown
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Hollywood unions are facing an uphill battle against Trump, AI and the slowdown

LA Times  

More than a year after overlapping strikes by Hollywood writers and actors that rattled the entertainment industry, many technicians and craftspeople who operate outside of the spotlight are pressing their own demands for a better deal. “Clearly there’s going to be less protections for workers and less regulatory oversight for business practices going forward,” said David Smith, professor of economics …

Lionsgate’s New Deal Is a Test of Hollywood’s Relationship With AI
54 years, 11 months ago

Lionsgate’s New Deal Is a Test of Hollywood’s Relationship With AI

Wired  

It’s hard not to feel the ripple effect when big shifts happen. One such shift came Wednesday when Lionsgate—the studio responsible for the John Wick, Hunger Games, and Twilight franchises—announced it had teamed up with artificial intelligence firm Runway for a “first-of-its-kind partnership” that would give the AI firm access to the studio’s archives in order to create a custom …

Video game actors are now on strike. Here’s why
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Video game actors are now on strike. Here’s why

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s video game performers went on strike Friday after negotiations with game industry giants that began more than a year and a half ago came to a halt over artificial intelligence protections. The union says the unregulated use of AI poses “an equal or even greater threat” to performers in the video game industry than it does …

Hollywood crew members ratify new IATSE contract
5 months ago

Hollywood crew members ratify new IATSE contract

LA Times  

Film and TV crew members have ratified a new three-year contract with the entertainment companies after a relatively smooth bargaining period on the heels of two major Hollywood strikes. Members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees approved the new Hollywood Basic Agreement this week by a ratification vote of 85.9% to 14.1%, with a “historically high” turnout, according …

Hollywood’s video game actors want to avoid a strike. The sticking point in their talks? AI
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Hollywood’s video game actors want to avoid a strike. The sticking point in their talks? AI

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — For more than a year and a half, leaders of Hollywood’s actors union have been negotiating with video game companies over a new contract that covers the performers who bring their titles to life. “The fundamental issue is, at this moment, an unwillingness by this bargaining group to provide an equal level of protection from the dangers …

Hollywood crew members reach tentative deal with major studios
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Hollywood crew members reach tentative deal with major studios

LA Times  

Film and TV crew members have reached a tentative contract deal with the major Hollywood studios after months of bargaining, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers announced Tuesday night. The resulting production shutdown hobbled studios’ release schedules, while countless actors, writers and crew members suffered without work. But it became …

Workers feel the pain as a post-streaming-wars Hollywood restructures
6 months, 1 week ago

Workers feel the pain as a post-streaming-wars Hollywood restructures

LA Times  

However you want to describe what’s going on in the Hollywood economy right now, there’s a potentially brutal long-term consequence of the entertainment industry’s ongoing recession. Domestic box office so far this year is a mere three-quarters of what it was in 2023, which, despite the “Barbenheimer” boom, hadn’t even recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic. “These days, I can barely …

Hollywood crew concerned over lack of jobs ever since strike ended: Report
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hollywood crew concerned over lack of jobs ever since strike ended: Report

Hindustan Times  

Is Hollywood back to normal after the SAG AFTRA strike that ended on November 9? A new report by LA Times shares that several crew members are facing a touch scenario working in the entertainment industry as the work opportunities have dried up. What the report said The new report added a response by Diego Mariscal, a dolly grip who …

Hollywood’s crew union negotiations have gone well so far. Now the hard part begins
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Hollywood’s crew union negotiations have gone well so far. Now the hard part begins

LA Times  

In a departure from the labor rebellions that roiled Hollywood last year, the latest set of contract negotiations between a major entertainment union and the top studios has unfolded about as smoothly as could be expected. “There’s need for cautious optimism because of what’s gone on individually with the crafts, but I still think it’s going to take some time …

Labor unrest defined Hollywood in 2023. Here’s what we learned from the twin strikes
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Labor unrest defined Hollywood in 2023. Here’s what we learned from the twin strikes

LA Times  

Members and supporters of SAG-AFTRA picket in front of Netflix on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. “‘We’re not alone.’” Erin T. Hill, assistant professor of media and popular culture at UC San Diego, said that striking actors and writers benefited from a “perfect storm of what’s been going on with everyone’s job throughout the country.” “The fact that these two unions …

Actors vote to approve deal that ended strike, bringing relief to union leaders and Hollywood
1 year ago

Actors vote to approve deal that ended strike, bringing relief to union leaders and Hollywood

The Hindu  

Hollywood's actors have voted to ratify the deal with studios that ended their strike after nearly four months, leaders announced Tuesday. “This contract is an enormous victory for working performers, and it marks the dawning of a new era for the industry,” the union said in a tweet announcing the results Tuesday evening. SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher told The Associated …

Opinion: Can Hollywood’s new SAG-AFTRA contract hold AI at bay?
1 year ago

Opinion: Can Hollywood’s new SAG-AFTRA contract hold AI at bay?

LA Times  

After months of strikes by the writers’ and screen actors’ unions — and billions of dollars in losses to California’s economy — Hollywood is back to work. The better guess is that initially the studios just didn’t want any of the possible business opportunities related to AI — now not fully understood — to be constrained by a collective bargaining …

Hollywood actors win streaming bonuses under new contract
1 year, 1 month ago

Hollywood actors win streaming bonuses under new contract

Live Mint  

Streaming services will pay bonuses of roughly $40 million per year as part of the tentative labor agreement reached between the SAG-AFTRA actors union and major Hollywood studios, union leaders said on Friday after their board backed the deal. SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said the union had partly achieved its goal of getting streaming services to share more revenue with …

Hollywood actors union board approves strike-ending deal as leaders tout money gains and AI rights
1 year, 1 month ago

Hollywood actors union board approves strike-ending deal as leaders tout money gains and AI rights

Associated Press  

Board members from Hollywood’s actors union voted Friday to approve the deal with studios that ended their strike after nearly four months, with the union’s leadership touting the gains made in weeks of methodical negotiations. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists’ executive director and chief negotiator, announced at an afternoon news conference that the tentative …

Tech Disrupted Hollywood. AI Almost Destroyed It
1 year, 1 month ago

Tech Disrupted Hollywood. AI Almost Destroyed It

Wired  

The thread was 10 tweets long—verbose by X standards—and 219 words, but there was just one word that stuck out. In the context of the rapid rise of generative AI, it’s worth reading in full: “We have achieved a deal of extraordinary scope that includes ‘above-pattern’ minimum compensation increases, unprecedented provisions for consent and compensation that will protect members from …

A 7% wage increase, new AI protections and other highlights from the SAG-AFTRA contract
1 year, 1 month ago

A 7% wage increase, new AI protections and other highlights from the SAG-AFTRA contract

LA Times  

SAG-AFTRA members have suspended their strike as they await a vote on a tentative deal reached with the alliance representing major Hollywood studios and streamers. The guild’s negotiating committee said the contract would “enable SAG-AFTRA members from every category to build sustainable careers” and that “thousands of performers now and into the future will benefit from this work.” After the …

The actors strike is over as union reaches tentative agreement with studios
1 year, 1 month ago

The actors strike is over as union reaches tentative agreement with studios

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation …

Hollywood Actors Strike Ends With a Deal That Will Impact AI and Streaming for Decades
54 years, 11 months ago

Hollywood Actors Strike Ends With a Deal That Will Impact AI and Streaming for Decades

Wired  

After 118 days on the picket lines, the longest such strike in Hollywood’s history, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Both sides were mum about the terms of the deal Wednesday night, but it comes following a long struggle over the use of …

The actors strike is over – tentative deal reached with Hollywood studios
1 year, 1 month ago

The actors strike is over – tentative deal reached with Hollywood studios

Salon  

SAG-AFTRA has officially reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with film and TV studios, thus ending the longest actors strike in Hollywood history. The agreement includes major pay increases — which are significantly higher than the increases received by the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America, Variety reported — along with first-ever protections …

Actors strike | Hollywood studios make offer to SAG-AFTRA, hoping to end 113-day strike
1 year, 1 month ago

Actors strike | Hollywood studios make offer to SAG-AFTRA, hoping to end 113-day strike

The Hindu  

Hollywood's major studios made an offer to Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists on Friday that they hope will end the 113-day actors strike, reported Variety. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers had earlier warned the actors union that if a settlement was not struck by the end of this week, the networks would be …

Actors’ Strike | George Clooney, Ben Affleck, other Hollywood actors offer $150 million to help end strike
1 year, 2 months ago

Actors’ Strike | George Clooney, Ben Affleck, other Hollywood actors offer $150 million to help end strike

The Hindu  

Oscar winner George Clooney and other top Hollywood stars have offered $150 million to the SAG-AFTRA actors union as part of a proposal to end the actors' strike as it nears its 100th day. Their offer, confirmed by Clooney's spokesperson on Thursday, would provide the union an extra $150 million over three years and could help fund improved health benefits. …

Will Hollywood come back on track after the end of writers and actors' strike?
1 year, 2 months ago

Will Hollywood come back on track after the end of writers and actors' strike?

Firstpost  

In the coming weeks, WGA members will vote on whether to ratify a tentative agreement, which requires studios and production companies to disclose to writers if any material given to them has been generated by AI partially or in full In what will go down in Hollywood history as a movement that shook and shocked the globe, the writers went …

Hollywood Strike | Actors to resume negotiations with studios next week, as protracted writers’ strike ends
1 year, 2 months ago

Hollywood Strike | Actors to resume negotiations with studios next week, as protracted writers’ strike ends

The Hindu  

With the Hollywood writers strike over, actors will now get a shot at cutting their own deal with studios and streaming services. By mid-morning, the hosts of NBC's “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers”, ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on CBS had announced they'd also return, all by …

Screenwriters secured a new deal for AI. For actors, the fight could be even harder
1 year, 2 months ago

Screenwriters secured a new deal for AI. For actors, the fight could be even harder

LA Times  

Members of the Writers Guild of America, joined by members of SAG-AFTRA, come together to picket in front of Paramount Studios in July. According to a summary document from the WGA, the contract — which still needs to be ratified by the union’s members — would let writers choose to use AI when performing writing services, with the studio’s permission. …

Hollywood Strike | Writers' deal may set a template for talks with striking actors
1 year, 2 months ago

Hollywood Strike | Writers' deal may set a template for talks with striking actors

The Hindu  

The tentative deal Hollywood writers reached with the major studios and streaming services could serve as a template for actors, who have been on strike since mid-July. That agreement generated optimism among striking actors that they may soon settle their differences with the studios. "I hear it's an exceptional deal and historically, whatever deal they give to one union, the …

As Hollywood writers head back to work, what’s in new labour deal?
1 year, 2 months ago

As Hollywood writers head back to work, what’s in new labour deal?

Al Jazeera  

Supporters hail agreement to end strike as a victory, with commitments on pay, residuals and artificial intelligence. The Hollywood writers’ union has said its members can begin to return to work, ending a five-month strike that drove production in the United States entertainment industry to a grinding halt. David Slack, a union board member and television writer, added that the …

Hollywood strike comes to an end as Writers Guild, studios reach tentative deal
1 year, 2 months ago

Hollywood strike comes to an end as Writers Guild, studios reach tentative deal

India Today  

Hollywood's writers union reached a preliminary labor agreement with major studios on Sunday, a deal expected to end one of two strikes that have halted most film and television production and cost the California economy billions. Efforts to restart daytime talk shows without writers, such as "The Drew Barrymore Show," collapsed this month, in the face of criticism from striking …

SAG-AFTRA members vote to authorize strike against video game companies
1 year, 2 months ago

SAG-AFTRA members vote to authorize strike against video game companies

LA Times  

SAG-AFTRA members voted overwhelmingly in favor of giving their leaders authority to strike against video game companies if they can’t reach a deal over a new contract, the union announced Monday. “After five rounds of bargaining, it has become abundantly clear that the video game companies aren’t willing to meaningfully engage on the critical issues: compensation undercut by inflation, unregulated …

As worker actions continue nationwide, White House highlights how administration is helping unions
1 year, 3 months ago

As worker actions continue nationwide, White House highlights how administration is helping unions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As worker actions continue from Hollywood to Detroit, and new labor unions crop up at firms like Starbucks and Amazon, the White House on Monday was highlighting its effort to bolster worker organizing throughout the U.S. President Joe Biden is counting on critical labor support as he campaigns for a second term in office, holding his first re-election …

How the Hollywood strike is impacting the production of movies and TV series
1 year, 4 months ago

How the Hollywood strike is impacting the production of movies and TV series

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 19, 2023 16:23 IST - 6 MINS READ The strike by Hollywood actors and screenwriters may have halted production by the major studios, but filming of few projects is ongoing. But these exceptions come with conditions: any independent project wanting approval from SAG-AFTRA to continue production during the strike must commit to fulfilling the union’s terms. Effects …

Marvel Studios VFX workers move to unionize amid Hollywood labor unrest
1 year, 4 months ago

Marvel Studios VFX workers move to unionize amid Hollywood labor unrest

LA Times  

Marvel Studios visual effects workers have taken a significant step toward unionization, in what would mark a first for a sector that has historically lacked guild representation. “For almost half a century, workers in the visual effects industry have been denied the same protections and benefits their coworkers and crewmates have relied upon since the beginning of the Hollywood film …

Opinion: Actors are striking because we’ve long been in crisis. It’s not just streaming or AI
1 year, 5 months ago

Opinion: Actors are striking because we’ve long been in crisis. It’s not just streaming or AI

LA Times  

SAG-AFTRA members picket outside of Amazon Studios in Culver City on July 14, the first day of the union’s strike. As I searched for the irony in her face, all I could think of was how I’d spent my childhood on stages, lived in a crowded hostel to study Lee Strasberg’s “The Method” at 16 before finally moving to New …

AI is the wild card in Hollywood’s strikes. Here’s an explanation of its unsettling role
1 year, 5 months ago

AI is the wild card in Hollywood’s strikes. Here’s an explanation of its unsettling role

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Artificial intelligence has surged to the forefront of Hollywood’s labor fights. In a description widely shared by outraged actors on social media, SAG-AFTRA released this characterization of the studios’ AI position, which the AMPTP called a deliberate distortion: “We want to be able to scan a background performer’s image, pay them for a half a day’s labor, …

Hollywood Strike: Studios say they offered actors $1 billion in gains before strike
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood Strike: Studios say they offered actors $1 billion in gains before strike

The Hindu  

Major film and television studios offered Hollywood actors more than $1 billion in higher compensation and enhanced benefits before the SAG-AFTRA union called a strike last week, a group that represents media companies said on Monday. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which negotiates on behalf of Netflix Inc, Walt Disney Co, Warner Bros Discovery and others, said …

Hollywood AI backlash: What striking writers and actors fear about tech replacing roles
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood AI backlash: What striking writers and actors fear about tech replacing roles

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. During a press conference on Thursday, Crabtree-Ireland alleged that a proposal …

Hollywood actors' digital doubles could live on 'for one day's pay,' unions fear
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood actors' digital doubles could live on 'for one day's pay,' unions fear

The Hindu  

Like a plot from the anthology television series "Black Mirror," the Screen Actors Guild says it is battling the studios for control over the digital replicas of performers that could be used "for the rest of eternity." The AMPTP, the group negotiating on behalf of Walt Disney, Netflix and other major studios and streaming services, said it had agreed to …

SAG-AFTRA strike: Actors' walkout, their demand and AI. Everything you need to know
1 year, 5 months ago

SAG-AFTRA strike: Actors' walkout, their demand and AI. Everything you need to know

India Today  

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists strike has shaken the entertainment industry. The SAG-AFTRA strikes a bargain at the gap of every three years with Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers which includes studios and streaming services such as Disney, Warner Bros and Netflix. READ | Hollywood studios wants to use AI replicas of actors …

Hollywood actors to join screenwriters in strike over wages, AI
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood actors to join screenwriters in strike over wages, AI

Al Jazeera  

The strike is first joint action between actors and writers in 60 years, bringing major studio projects to a standstill. On Thursday, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the lead negotiator with the SAG-AFTRA actors’ union, said that the strike would begin at midnight following a breakdown in negotiations with the studios. Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds, reporting from Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon, said …

US TV and film production grinds to a halt after actors go on strike
1 year, 5 months ago

US TV and film production grinds to a halt after actors go on strike

The Telegraph  

They will join around 11,500 writers, whose strike action has sent late-night television talk shows into endless reruns, disrupted most production for the autumn TV season and halted work on big-budget movies. They also want strong assurances over the use of artificial intelligence, in particular regarding actors’ digital likenesses, amid fears their images will be used without their permission or …

Hollywood actors are now on strike too, joining writers on picket lines
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood actors are now on strike too, joining writers on picket lines

Salon  

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is on strike after talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to produce a new labor contract. In a statement to NPR, SAG-AFTRA said streaming services have "eroded" the way actors get paid and accused studios of refusing to acknowledge "enormous shifts in the industry and …

SAG-AFTRA agrees to extend negotiations with studios, averting a strike for now
1 year, 5 months ago

SAG-AFTRA agrees to extend negotiations with studios, averting a strike for now

LA Times  

Writers Guild of America members, with support from SAG-AFTRA, picket at Sony Studios in Culver City on May 9, 2023. SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood’s biggest union, has agreed to extend negotiations with the studios to allow more time for the two sides to hash out an agreement that could avert a second industry strike. “In order to exhaust every opportunity to achieve …

Hollywood directors approve new contract with studios
1 year, 6 months ago

Hollywood directors approve new contract with studios

LA Times  

Members of the Directors Guild of America have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new film and TV contract with the major Hollywood studios. “Our new contract secures gains on wages, global streaming residuals, safety, diversity and creative rights that build for the future and impact every category of member in our Guild,” DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter said in …

Will AI write the next Hollywood blockbuster? Writers' strike intensifies over studios' refusal to regulate use of AI
1 year, 7 months ago

Will AI write the next Hollywood blockbuster? Writers' strike intensifies over studios' refusal to regulate use of AI

Hindustan Times  

The Hollywood writers' strike over pay has taken a new turn, with the Writers Guild of America intensifying its action due to the studios' refusal to rule out the possibility of artificial intelligence replacing human writers in the future. People picket outside of Paramount Pictures studios during the Hollywood writers strike on May 4, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. WGA's …

TV and film writers authorize strike over pay, other issues
1 year, 8 months ago

TV and film writers authorize strike over pay, other issues

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Unionized film and television writers have voted overwhelmingly to give their leaders the authority to call a strike if they’re unable to reach an agreement on a new contract. In an email to members Monday, the negotiating committee of the Writers Guild of America said nearly 98% of the 9,218 votes were cast to authorize the strike, …

Film crew union narrowly approves contract with producers
3 years, 1 month ago

Film crew union narrowly approves contract with producers

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Film industry crew members have narrowly voted to approve a pair of contracts with Hollywood producers after a standoff that came within days of a strike that would have halted productions across the U.S., union leaders said Monday. The vote also took place in the shadow of the shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director …

Hollywood Workers Secure Tentative Deal With Studios, Likely Averting Strike
3 years, 2 months ago

Hollywood Workers Secure Tentative Deal With Studios, Likely Averting Strike

Huff Post  

Donna Young, of IATSE Local 700 Motion Picture Editors Guild, writes a message in support of fair wages for all on a union member's car during a rally on Sept. 26 in Los Angeles. IATSE said the two sides had agreed to a deal covering industry workers in Hollywood, but had yet to finalize a deal for workers under contract …

Hollywood strike averted: How studios and crews union reached a deal
3 years, 2 months ago

Hollywood strike averted: How studios and crews union reached a deal

LA Times  

The world’s mightiest media companies bowed this weekend to demands of Hollywood worker bees: the lighting and sound technicians, carpenters, makeup artists, set decorators, costume designers and others who work behind the scenes on film and TV sets. The deal reached Saturday between Hollywood’s major studios and leaders of the crews’ union, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, includes …

Hollywood crews union reaches a deal with studios, averting a strike
3 years, 2 months ago

Hollywood crews union reaches a deal with studios, averting a strike

LA Times  

Kevin Chiu of IATSE Local 80, which represents grips and other set workers, waits in his car as volunteer Liz Lipschultz writes pro-labor slogans during a rally at the Motion Picture Editors Guild IATSE Local 700 on Sept. 26 in Los Angeles. The union representing Hollywood crews has reached an agreement on a new contract with the major studios, avoiding …

Film TV workers union says strike to start next week
3 years, 2 months ago

Film TV workers union says strike to start next week

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The union representing film and television crews says its 60,000 members will begin a nationwide strike on Monday if it does not reach a deal that satisfies demands for fair and safe working conditions. “Our members deserve to have their basic needs addressed now.” A strike would be a serious setback for an industry that had recently …

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