{"id":1982209,"date":"2023-07-25T13:13:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T17:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-nail-in-the-coffin-for-hollywood-60-projects-some-with-major-stars-exempt-from-strike\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T13:17:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T17:17:59","slug":"final-nail-in-the-coffin-for-hollywood-60-projects-some-with-major-stars-exempt-from-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-nail-in-the-coffin-for-hollywood-60-projects-some-with-major-stars-exempt-from-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this the end for Hollywood? Over 60 projects, including ones with big-name stars, won&#8217;t be affected by the strike."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffinal-nail-in-the-coffin-for-hollywood-60-projects-some-with-major-stars-exempt-from-strike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1982209&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Final Nail in the Coffin for Hollywood? 60+ Projects, Some with Major Stars, Exempt from Strike<\/h2>\n<p>Coming off of \u201cBarbenheimer\u201d weekend, where it felt like practically all the world was seeing \u2062one or both\u200b of two very \u200bdifferent films, one might be tempted to think \u200dall\u200c was hunky-dory\u2063 in \u200cHollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Well, don\u2019t believe the hype. Beyond the question \u2064of whether a highly meta piece of \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-nail-in-the-coffin-for-hollywood-60-projects-some-with-major-stars-exempt-from-strike\/\" title=\"Is this the end for Hollywood? Over 60 projects, including ones with big-name stars, won't be affected by the strike.\">neon-pink rah-rah feminism<\/a> or an R-rated exploration of the men behind \u200cthe atomic bomb will continue to draw in viewers beyond a media-frenzied \u2063pseudo-event structured around \u201cBarbie\u201d and \u201cOppenheimer\u201d being released on the very same day, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/undercover-chicago-police-officer-atf-agents-shot-in-shock-attack-as-city-handles-record-gun-violence\/\" title=\"Undercover Chicago Police Officer, ATF Agents Shot In Shock Attack As City Handles Record Gun Violence\">record-breaking weekend<\/a> still comes after a particularly bad summer for \u200cthe big\u200b studios \u2014 and\u2062 it\u2019s only going to get worse.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s\u2064 not speaking in \u200dterms of the films\u2063 that come out next month, mind you, or the rest of the summer. It\u2019s what comes out <em>next<\/em> summer \u2014 particularly \u200cas \u2062Hollywood deals with \u2064the \u2064first simultaneous writers\u2019 and actors\u2019 strikes\u2063 in\u200d recent memory.<\/p>\n<p>But Hollywood\u2019s loss is\u2064 independent studios\u2019 gain. As <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/anne-hathaway-matthew-mcconaughey-get-sag-aftra-strike-waivers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a> reported last week, while the Screen Actors Guild-American \u200bFederation of Television\u2064 and Radio Artists and Writers\u2019 Guild of America strikes have halted numerous productions,\u200c dozens more \u201ctruly independent\u201d\u2063 movies\u2063 and TV series have been given the \u200dgo-ahead to resume\u200c recording.<\/p>\n<p>Those productions are part of an \u201cInterim\u2062 Agreement\u201d under which members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/director-speaks-robert-downey-jr-matt-damon-walk-oppenheimer-premiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAG-AFTRA<\/a> \u200b can work \u200con projects if \u2064the \u200dproducers \u2063submit an application and are vetted for a waiver. That\u2019s because independent studios with no ties to\u200b streaming platforms have few\u2062 if any ties with the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/comic-book-villain-level-evil-universals-alleged-stunt-deal-protestors-leaves-leftists-fuming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alliance of Motion Picture\u2064 and\u2062 Television Producers<\/a>,\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-da-has-turned-the-streets-of-los-angeles-into-a-living-nightmare-campaign-to-recall-gascon-raises-more-than-6-million\/\" title=\"Radical DA \u2018Has Turned The Streets Of Los Angeles Into A Living Nightmare\u2019: Campaign To Recall Gasc\u00f3n Raises More Than  Million\">collective bargaining group<\/a> \u2064that represents the \u2062big \u2063studios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong the exempt productions \u2064are David \u2064Lowery\u2019s music drama \u2062\u2018Mother Mary, starring \u2064 [Anne] Hathaway, Hunter Schafer, and Michaela Coel; Andrew\u200c Patterson\u2019s \u2018The Rivals of Amziah\u2063 King\u2019, starring [Matthew] McConaughey; and Simon West\u2019s \u200caction-comedy \u2018Bride Hard\u2019, starring [Rebel] Wilson,\u201d EW reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther titles include the comedy \u2018Death of a Unicorn\u2019, with Paul Rudd\u2064 and Jenna Ortega; \u2064Mel Gibson\u2019s\u200c upcoming thriller \u2018Flight Risk\u2019, starring\u2064 Mark Wahlberg;\u200b Bryan Fuller\u2019s action-drama \u2018Dust Bunny\u2019, with Mads Mikkelsen and Sigourney Weaver; the action-comedy \u2018The Killer\u2019s Game\u2019, \u200cwith\u2064 Sofia Boutella, Scott\u200c Adkins, Dave Bautista, Ben Kingsley, and Ice Cube; Ishana Shyamalan\u2019s debut fantasy-horror movie, \u2018The Watchers\u2019, starring\u2064 Dakota Fanning; music biopic \u2018The\u2062 Yellow Tie\u2019 with John Malkovich and Sean Bean; and the wrestling drama \u2018Queen of\u200c the Ring\u2019, with Emily Bett Rickards, Walton\u2062 Goggins, Josh Lucas, and\u2062 Deborah Ann \u200dWoll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, fear not, Rebel Wilson fans: \u200d\u201cBride Hard\u201d will be arriving\u200d in theaters on time \u2014 along with over 60 other titles that have, as of Tuesday morning, been granted exemptions. (Full current list <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sagaftra.org\/files\/sa_documents\/Productions%20Approved%20and%20Signed%20to%20Interim%20Agreements%20-%20Members%20May%20Work%20on%20These.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood work stoppage began\u200d on May 2 after the WGA announced that it couldn\u2019t reach an\u200c agreement with the \u2063AMPTP over a\u200b range of issues, among them:\u200d residuals for \u2062streaming films and series and the potential use of artificial intelligence to write future works in the place of \u2064human scribes.<\/p>\n<p>SAG-AFTRA, \u2062the main \u2062actors\u2019 union, began striking alongside the writers guild \u200dearlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s bad enough for Hollywood, particularly after several high-profile flops \u200cearlier in the summer\u200c from \u2062films like \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dcs-woke-disaster-disgraced-non-binary-star-couldnt-even-saved-batman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Flash<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-diversity-executive-exits-post-back-back-box-office-flops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elemental<\/a>\u201c, as well as predicted flops for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debt-laden-cineworld-stares-at-possible-bankruptcy\/\" title=\"Debt-laden Cineworld stares at possible bankruptcy\">big-budget films<\/a> still to be released like \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/warner-bros-shouldnt-celebrate-barbie-just-yet-next-woke-film-projected-lose-200m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Beetle<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/07\/writers-strike-hollywood-studios-deal-fight-wga-actors-1235434335\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a>, this could be quite the work stoppage, as well: \u201cRegardless of whether SAG-AFTRA goes on strike this week, the \u2063studios have no intention of sitting down with the\u2064 Writers Guild for\u200b several more months,\u201d the Hollywood outlet \u2063reported July 11, before the actors strike.<\/p>\n<p>(The headline on that piece should give an\u200d idea \u200bof how serious\u200c this fight is:\u2062 \u201cHollywood Studios\u2019 \u200bWGA Strike Endgame Is To \u2062Let Writers Go Broke\u2064 Before Resuming Talks In Fall.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s enough to give the\u2063 little\u2064 guys a chance to \u2064go for the Tinseltown jugular. But, perhaps the \u2063final nail \u2064in the Hollywood coffin will be productions independent productions that don\u2019t\u2064 need the mega-studio infrastructure to score major successes. And the \u200ccurrent strike is providing those productions \u2064with a major window of opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>One such independent is the\u2064 <em>first<\/em> one to\u2062 get a \u200bSAG-AFTRA waiver: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/actor-proclaims-god-real-blasts-media-sinister-demonic-content-infecting-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faith-based series<\/a> \u201cThe Chosen\u201d, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/conservatives-seize-moment-streaming-war-release-biblical-series-chosen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chronicles<\/a> the life of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>The official Twitter account \u2064of the \u201cgroundbreaking historical drama\u201d (their words, not \u200cmine) announced on July 13 that production in Utah had been\u200b suspended.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">doesn\u2019t require our cast, \u200band then we\u2019ll \u200dwait and hope that \u200ceither the \u2062strike ends (unlikely \u200dsoon), or that we\u2019re granted an exemption and can\u200c resume filming.<br \/>\nYes, \u2062it\u2019s upsetting and will cost time and money\u2026but\u2064 we bring\u200d our 5 loaves &#038; \u20622 fish. God handles the rest.<br \/>\nDallas (2\/2)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The\u200c Chosen (@thechosentv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thechosentv\/status\/1679676446787391494?\">July \u206314, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A few \u200ddays later, the show issued an update that it had been approved for the waiver \u2014 little surprise since the series is independently bankrolled through \u200ccrowdsourced funding:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">To be clear: 1. We\u2019ve agreed to all of SAG\u2019s requests and their interim agreement. 2. Season 4 is entirely independent and\u2064 100% funded by donations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Chosen (@thechosentv)\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thechosentv\/status\/1680966572012191744?\">July 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And while the show debuted online,\u200c the CW network has \u200dbeen airing the show over\u2063 broadcast TV, where <a href=\"https:\/\/tvline.com\/ratings\/tv-ratings-the-chosen-premiere-the-cw-jesus-drama-1235014645\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TV \u2062Line<\/a> reported \u2064on July 17 that the \u201c90-minute broadcast-TV premiere averaged\u2062 520,000 viewers \u2014 a far mightier audience than, say, [CW shows] \u2018Riverdale\u2019, \u2018Nancy Drew\u2019\u2062 and \u2018The Rising\u2019 have\u2062 been averaging this summer \u2014 and a\u200c 0.1 rating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another \u201cindependent\u201d production that\u2019s 1) still chugging along \u2063at the box office and 2) irks the \u2063sensibilities \u200dof NPR listeners is \u201cSound of Freedom\u201d starring Jim Caviezel; the \u2063child sex-trafficking saga,\u2064 which \u200chas been described \u2064in the media \u2063as being\u2063 a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author-sound-freedom-hit-piece-exposed-lgbt-activist-fretted-stigmatizing-pedophiles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QAnon dog whistle<\/a>\u201d\u00a0took in another $18.8 million during \u201cBarbenheimer\u201d weekend, according to \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/box-office\/box-office-barbie-oppenheimer-opening-weekend-shatter-records-1235677601\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s $124\u2063 million to date \u200d\u2014 a genuine blockbuster,\u2064 particularly given (or \u2063due to) the stigma attached to it\u2063 by the liberal\u2062 media. While it\u2019s unclear whether there\u2019s another one of\u2062 those\u2063 ready\u200c for the summer of 2024, it\u2019s the kind of thing that \u200dgets conservatives \u2063out to theaters,\u2062 which is\u2064 rare.<\/p>\n<p>Given a \u201cBride Hard\u201d vs. \u201cSound of Freedom 2\u201d showdown, the latter well might prevail.<\/p>\n<p>And, the\u200b longer the\u2062 SAG-AFTRA \u2062strike lasts,\u2064 the greater the possibility that matchup ends up being next summer\u2019s \u201cBarbenheimer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bpost <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/final-nail-coffin-hollywood-60-projects-major-stars-exempt-strike\/\">Final Nail in \u2064the Coffin for Hollywood? 60+ Projects, Some\u2064 with Major Stars, Exempt from Strike<\/a> \u200dappeared first on \u200d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming off the &#8220;Barbenheimer&#8221; weekend, where it seemed like everyone watched two contrasting films, it may appear that Hollywood is thriving. However, don&#8217;t be fooled. The debate continues over a thought-provoking neon-pink feminist film or an adult-oriented movie. 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