The nearly 160,000 TV and film actors that make up SAG-AFTRA could soon be joining the WGA and go on strike as the union's contract is set to expire at midnight on Friday.
Many projects have already paused production amid the writers' strike, which is stuck on some of the same issues. Mainly, the use of artificial intelligence and residuals from streaming projects."They better watch out. If the actors go out with the writers this industry will be shut down," actress Jane Fonda said during Thursday's rally outside the Netflix building in Hollywood. "And we will stand together and hold firm until we all get justice, fairness and respect.
The SAG-AFTRA board has the power to call a strike as soon as Saturday if an agreement isn't reached. There's a chance negotiations could be extended. "We've heard there is talks of bringing in an extension of the talks, to go past the Independence Day holiday," said Dominic Patten, the senior editor of Deadline Hollywood. "But come July 5, if the writers and actors are both on strike, all tools are down."Comedian Jay Leno said his planned game show has been canceled due to the strike.
"I have a game show we lost because of this strike. We didn't have to be a union show, but the 'Tonight Show,' I was a union person, and I'm in the writer's guild, so I said, 'Lets make our show a union show.' So, of course, we go on strike and close the whole year," Leno said.
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