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New SAG-AFTRA Deal Has Hidden Cost for Agents

The performers’ union SAG-AFTRA has finally reached agreement with the AMPTP, the studios’ bargaining group, after a lengthy strike. The union is touting what it says are breakthroughs in many areas. The new provisions are...more

And Then There Were Three: CAA-ICM Merger Closes

The consolidation trend in Hollywood continues with the closing of another big merger. The long-gestating acquisition of talent agency ICM Partners by its rival CAA closed today. The deal was first announced almost a year ago...more

IATSE Members Overwhelmingly Vote Yes on Strike Authorization

IATSE, the union representing below-the-line production workers from cinematographers and editors to grips and hair stylists, has moved a crucial step closer to its first strike since 1945. In a strike vote with over 90%...more

Gaffers, Grips Going, Gone As IATSE Threatens Walkout

We are not out of the woods yet. Just as Hollywood was coping with the early effects of the pandemic, it barely avoided a Writers Guild strike. After a long year of extensive shutdowns, things just seemed to be getting...more

Film Producers Announce Intention To Unionize–Again

A group of over 100 feature film producers have announced their intention to form a labor union. The group is led by producer Rebecca Green (“It Follows”), who says the time is right for this move. She notes that survey data...more

SAG-AFTRA Crafts Agreement For Influencers

While most of us look back on the last twelve months as a horrible dream, Hollywood’s labor unions can actually point to a string of successes. Early in the pandemic, all three of the above-the-line guilds closed new three...more

Follow Up: Enola Holmes Case Settles, Leaves Unsolved Mysteries

Owners of copyright in characters are often well-advised not to press their claims too far in litigation at the risk of losing their rights altogether. This may be what motivated a quick settlement of litigation over Sherlock...more

Seventy Years Later, It’s Curtains For Paramount Decrees

Many of us will remember 2020 as the year that the theatrical exhibition business irrevocably changed. Our last blog covered the landmark agreement between Universal Pictures and AMC, the world’s largest theater chain, to...more

VOD Goes Viral: Universal And AMC Upend Theatrical Release Model

These have been hard times for the movie theater business. Attendance peaked in 2002 at approximately 1.6 billion tickets sold. In 2019, that number had dropped by 25%, to around 1.2 billion. The proliferation of subscription...more

Peace In Our Time: WGA Reaches Deal On New Basic Agreement

In a down to the wire bargaining session, the Writers Guild of America negotiating committee reached agreement with the studios on a new three-year deal. This was unanimously approved by the governing boards of the WGA West...more

Performers Union Cuts Deal With Studios

The performers union, SAG-AFTRA, has reached a deal with the studios for a new three-year contract covering theatrical, television and new media production. The proposal will still need to be approved by the national board...more

Writer Guild Resumes Negotiations

After something of a war of words, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) have resumed negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. This agreement will...more

Ninth Circuit Rejects San Diego Comic Con Appeal

The organizers of a Salt Lake City comic convention suffered another blow in their long-running trademark battle with the organizers of the San Diego Comic-Con. The Salt Lake event styled itself as “Salt Lake Comic Con.”...more

WGA Suffers Big Loss In Federal Court, Makes News Elsewhere

Although the coronavirus pandemic has brought production to a virtual standstill, writers, unlike directors and performers, are still able to work on development. While they shelter in place quietly plying their trade, their...more

Update: Casting Society Reverses Position, Supports Members Charged in Pay-to-Play Scheme

We reported recently that Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer brought misdemeanor charges against five casting workshops, alleging that they were in effect charging actors for auditions in violation of the Krekorian Talent...more

4/7/2017  /  Actors , Entertainment Industry
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