Addie Morfoot Contributor At Tuesday’s New York’s premiere of Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City,” the star-studded cast had plenty to say about Hollywood’s writers strike.
Scarlett Johansson, Adrien Brody, Bryan Cranston and Rupert Friend revealed how they really feel about the face off between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers while walking the beige carpet at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. “Whatever happens moving forward will forever change how revenue is determined,” Johansson told Variety. “It’s a thing that has needed to happen for a long time, that we’ve been talking about for a long time, and it’s finally reached this breaking point.
It’s important for all of us creatives to unite and support this massive shift so we can get over to the other side, which we will.” The WGA called for the strike May 1 after the guild failed to reach an agreement with the AMPTP.
SAG-AFTRA began negotiations with the major studios on June 7. A potential actors strike has the potential to wreak havoc on the marketing campaigns for several major film releases — including Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and the franchise relaunch “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.” SAG-AFTRA is going into talks looking for regulations on artificial intelligence, a better streaming residual formula and restrictions on self-taped auditions, among other items.
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