‘Hunger Games’ Prequel ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Lands SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement
variety.comHunger Games” prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” has received an interim agreement from SAG-AFTRA, which means that stars Zegler, Blyth, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage and Hunter Schafer are allowed to promote the film before it premieres in theaters on Nov.
17. It’s not clear why the agreement was granted so close to the film’s release date. But the late-breaking boost in publicity could be a huge help in getting people to go to the movies around Thanksgiving.
Amid the ongoing strike, films with famous faces — such as Sony’s comedy “Dumb Money,” with Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson and America Ferrera, and Kenneth Branagh’s whodunit “A Haunting in Venice,” led by Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey and Michelle Yeoh — have struggled at the box office without splashy red carpets or late-night talk show appearances.
So far, more than 100 films including A24’s “Priscilla” and “The Iron Claw,” as well as Michael Mann’s racing drama “Ferrari,” have obtained interim agreements amid the SAG-AFTRA strike.
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