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SAG-AFTRA Orders Members Not To Work On ‘Songbird’, One Of The First Films To Shoot In LA During Pandemic
David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA today put the kibosh on Songbird, one of the first movies to shoot in Los Angeles during the pandemic, telling members not to work on the film because it “failed to complete the signatory process and is therefore not signed to any applicable SAG-AFTRA agreement.” In the past, however, many such Do Not Work orders have been resolved once producers clear up the paperwork with the union.As Deadline’s Mike Fleming reported on May 19, Songbird is a pandemic thriller “that plans to take an unusual approach to shooting a movie in Los Angeles during the lockdown…The filmmakers are providing remote training for the actors.