The theatrical releases of Dirty Dancing 2 has been delayed by a year-and-a-half, due to the dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, Deadline is reporting. The movie’s distributor, Lionsgate, is pushing the follow-up’s distribution date from February 9, 2024 to the summer of 2025. The direct sequel to the Oscar-winning 1987 romantic dancing drama Dirty Dancing…
@Photo by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures – © 2023 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved. Zendaya will not be crossing the picket line in Venice, with the news that the film Challengers has been yanked from the Venice Film Festival in support of the SAG-AFTRA strike. The MGM/Amazon film was to have made its world premiere…
As the SAG-AFTRA strike drags on, Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise has been lobbying on behalf of the unions, says The Hollywood Reporter.Cruise has been particularly piqued by the issue of whether the studios should be permitted to use artificial intelligence (AI) in future productions. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) wants…
For the first time since 1960, the Screen Actors Guild has declared itself in solidarity with the screenwriters who have been on strike against Hollywood studios since May. The twin walkouts have crippled production of most film and television projects and show no signs of early resolution. Principals on both sides of the picket line…
SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents approximately 160,000 Hollywood actors, is poised to go on strike after its talks with major studios and streamers have collapsed. The decision comes after the union completed its final day of negotiations with the studios and streamers yesterday, which didn’t produce an agreement, CNN is reporting. Fran Drescher, the president…
Hollywood actors are starting to prepare for picket planning should negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) end in a stalemate, Deadline is reporting. If a deal can’t be reached, the actors will enter a strike alongside screenwriters in the WGA. The news comes after SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP…
Six weeks after the Writers Guild of America went on strike, the membership of SAG-AFTRA has voted overwhelmingly to authorize a walkout in support of their colleagues. SAG-AFTRA, commonly known as the Screen Actors’ Guild, represents 160,000 performers across all media. If SAG-AFTRA members join the picket line, it would put even more pressure on…
SAG-AFTRA‘s national board has unanimously voted to recommend that its members authorize a strike before its upcoming negotiations for a new film and television contract, Deadline is reporting. The union’s leadership body unanimously agreed on the measure, which doesn’t automatically trigger a strike. However, if SAG-AFTRA’s members vote in favor of the authorization, that would…
@Photo by Michelle Faye – © 2022, FX Networks. Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones have been cast in Voyagers, a biopic about celebrated astronomer Carl Sagan. The narrative movie will tell the real-life love story between the late planetary scientist and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, Ann Druyan, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Oscar winning writer-director-producer Sebastián Lelio…
Japan Society’s Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai celebrates the Japanese filmmaker’s evocation of adolescence by including in its line-up the 1990 feature Tokyo Heaven. Yuu Kamiya (Riho Makise) is sixteen years old, when she leaves school to embark upon a career in entertainment. It takes no time for her to realise how…
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