US Screenwriters Guild to go on strike

US Screen Actors Guild SAG-AFTRA, representing the interests of 160,000 Hollywood actors, is preparing formally go on strike after failed talks with major studios and streaming services. About it informs CNN.

This will be the first strike of the actors' guild since 1980. Members of the union have already voted in favor of the strike (98% of the members were in favor), and its board will have its final say on Thursday.

Film studios and streamers have already voiced their "deep disappointment" at the decision to strike, noting that they were trying to offer a "historic" pay increase. At the same time, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher called the proposal "offensive and disrespectful."

Following the strike, SAG-AFTRA members will join the 11,000 striking Writers Guild of America screenwriters who have been fighting for their rights since early May. This movement has already stopped or slowed down the production of most American films and series. The industry fears that with the addition of actors, the strike could last until the end of the summer, and in the worst case, until the end of the year.

Ordinary viewers will see the consequences by 2024, when releases will inevitably begin to shift, causing major series and films to be postponed. It's not just projects that don't have a script that suffer: the scriptwriter usually has to be on set. site to make adjustments on the go, so the strike even affected fully booked seasons and movies. Among them - second season The Last of Us, the finale of Stranger Things and other upcoming projects.