A dozen film and TV productions are set to shoot in Utah this summer, but could be threatened by a long strike.
“It’s everyone, from obviously writers and actors, but it’s also directors and producers – and these are working producers,” Pearce said. “It affects everyone in the working crew, down to security teams, transportation, vendors that supply everything from lights to port-a-potties. These are people’s livelihoods.”
For the other dozen productions, Pearce said that some will be starting prep work for shooting in August — so if the contract negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP are resolved quickly, those shoots would not be affected.
It is the first strike for actors from film and television shows since 1980. And it’s the first time two major Hollywood unions have been on strike at the same time since 1960, when Ronald Reagan was the actors’ guild president. , most major studios won’t have their usual presence on Comic-Con’s convention floor or in Hall H, where many blockbuster movies are previewed every July.“The celebrities coming to FanX aren’t promoting new movies, so [we] don’t anticipate any issues related to a strike,” Farr said Wednesday through a spokesperson.have been announced as attending.in London was moved up an hour so that the cast could walk the red carpet before the SAG board’s announcement.