HBO Joins Netflix In Paying Actors On COVID 19-Delayed Series, Other Studios Still Evaluating Their Options
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deadline.comBy Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV I week ago, Deadline reported that that Netflix had started paying cast members on shows affected by the Coronavirus pandemic-imposed industrywide production shutdown, which is being treated as force majeure or unforeseeable circumstances.
I have learned that HBO has become the second major studio to do that as the others are still pondering their options. I hear the sticking point for studios has been series that had been scheduled to go into production but start of filming was pushed because of the ongoing health crisis.
I hear studios’ labor executives have been arguing that the delayed production start is de facto a hiatus and actors should not be paid, some also invoking the time limit they
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