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Done Deal
Guild members voted in massive numbers, but many concerned over AI still voted against the new agreement negotiated with the AMPTP.
The post-production industry is suffering from a talent shortage, among other things, and may not recover until March or beyond.
The short answer might be somewhere between a few hundred bucks and a few thousand. Here's a much longer answer, as told to IndieWire by Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.
The actress has been a vocal opponent of AI use in filmmaking and claims the latest SAG-AFTRA agreement does not go far enough to protect human creatives.
Higher wages for background actors, requirements for intimacy coordinators, protections during self-taped auditions, and more were won for the next three years.
The SAG-AFTRA union and the AMPTP reached an agreement ending the 188-day strike November 8.
It's Over!
The actors guild and the AMPTP found common ground on residuals, higher minimum wages, and protections to an actor's likeness against the use of AI.
"In two years [or] two and a half years, we’ll be re-negotiating again," Perry said, adding, "If I had run my business trying to get everything at once, I wouldn’t be here."
SAG-AFTRA STRIKE
Prop houses, equipment manufacturers, and caterers can't get unemployment, have no government assistance, and are incurring enormous debt because of the work stoppage.
Thompson on Hollywood
The annual Guild awards will take place April 14, 2024, one month after the Academy Awards.
The AMPTP improved on minimum salaries and on the bonus structure for successful streaming shows but did not budge on revenue sharing.
"Let's use our collective power to send a loud and clear message to our struck employers that we will not promote their content without a fair contract," a memo to union members said.
