Actors union will join writers on strike, shutting down Hollywood
www.cnbc.com
The dual strikes will result in the stoppage of film and television productions.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1078917

According to reports, producers expect writers will run out of money, possibly lose their homes and be forced to come to bargaining table. Producers denied these reports.

  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    77·
    1 year ago

    Honestly the studios have too much power. They are producing the content, distribute it, and own the delivery channels. It’s like when the studios owned the movie theaters and it meant you couldn’t shop your product around.

    It also doesn’t help that the residuals model is such a mess. You get paid when the content is posted to a streaming channel but isn’t even being watched.

    • drhandsome@lemmy.filmEnglish
      59·
      1 year ago

      It also doesn’t help that the residuals model is such a mess. You get paid when the content is posted to a streaming channel but isn’t even being watched.

      Stream viewership numbers are some of the most tightly guarded secrets in the world right now. People have been fired from studios for looking at these numbers without authorization. Even when they’re released to third parties due to contractual requirements (such as music licenses), they’re only released with a 6 months delay.

      Until there’s transparency about viewership numbers, this will remain a mess.

    • FoxBJK@midwest.socialEnglish
      25·
      1 year ago

      It’s like when the studios owned the movie theaters

      Isn’t this still basically a thing? IIRC Quentin Tarantino is still fuming at Disney because they bought up all the showtimes for the first week of Star Wars 7 and his movie got screwed over.

      https://youtu.be/_pd6yO-jBRo

      • TheAndrewBrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        Technically Disney doesn’t own those theaters, but they told the theaters they wouldnt get any more Disney releases if they didn’t do what they were told. And given how nearly every big blockbuster is Disney nowadays, that basically made it impossible to ignore.

        It really should’ve been squashed, it’s cut and dry monopoly behavior.