Cast of Oppenheimer walk out of UK premiere as Hollywood actors announce strike | ITV News
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- Опубликовано: 12 июл 2023
- Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Matt Damon were among the stars who staged a walk-out from the London premiere of Oppenheimer to "write their picket signs" ahead of the Sag-Aftra strike announcement on Thursday evening.
The news is likely to affect upcoming award shows, premieres, events and film festivals around the world after the US actors union declared its first major members strike in more than 40 years.
The premiere of Christopher Nolan's historical epic was brought forward by an hour ahead of a Sag-Aftra press conference in Los Angeles, which later declared the union had agreed to strike.
The anticipated announcement cast a shadow over the London film premiere at the Odeon Luxe, in Leicester Square, with the film's major stars, including Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr, Sir Kenneth Branagh and Rami Malek leaving before the screening of the film.
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Guys, the multi millionaire mega stars aren’t the ones complaining…they’re striking to help the 99% of workers that rely on a pay check.
Major stars striking brings more attention to the issue.
Well the multi millionaires should donate their wages to help the staff .
@@archstanton6310that would make us a communist country…😑
Dude, the multimillionaire mega star tells us “plebs” that we should do better and be inclusive and girl boss when all I WANT to do is watch a frigging movie/show without being preached to or talked down to. Let Hollywood burn and hopefully selfLESS talented and dedicated individuals will rise from their ashes and don’t blame fans when their movies fail
@@amorgan88 what movie is that?...and why didn't your mom raise you to respect women?
@@nuxkamina Liz is short for Queen Bess. And every movie since 2019. And every show on D+. And every remake with a female/retcon lead; every Hollywood studio that is stagnant of original ideas and blow hundreds of millions on retcon remakes that have subtle political commentary from characters written to be progressively empowered; and every multimillionaire actor/actress who continues to accept these overrated awards to boost their hubris even more and pretend to be so “relatable” while giving political commentary no one asked yet promoting egotistical demented individuals with questionable taste (politicians)..in the words of Steve Rogers..(I can do this all day)
SAG AFTRA also includes recording artists, stunt performers (like myself), and media professionals. We are the ones that make these shows. Writers are the ones that create them. We at the very least deserve a fair, equitable share of the money that OUR art generates
Right on! Working actor here too stand in work mostly rn.
✊🏾
Writers have written nothing but flops and destroyed every franchise Tom Cruise isn't defending. Then they want more?
Not an actor, I’m a poorly paid public sector worker in the UK and I fully support your strike action.
Don’t let up until you get what you all deserve.
@@dontcare7086 You do realize executives usually interrupt with the writers vision of a script? Maybe be more informed before making such comments.
We forget that, though the entertainment industry seems so far removed from the rest of us, that we are all at risk of loving our livelihoods due to these technologies. The artists are right to do this. What are the billionaire CEO's and other heads of companies doing? They are working, behind the scenes, to take our basic rights away from us because people are too expensive. And what about those high salaried CEO's?! Not worth the money!
Today was a rough one. I work for the biggest film rental equipment company in Canada. This morning 29 extremely dedicated and hardworking people were laid off from our warehouse, and all other Canadian locations were completely closed. Leaving one location with a very small skeleton crew. The few large production companies that rule this industry have just left so many people who live paycheque to paycheque now unemployed. The EI based off of what we make doesn't even cover rent for 99% of the people living here. I wish rental house employees were a part of a film union, we are the backbone of this industry, without us you wouldn't have any of your lights, expendables , stands, generators, cable, distro, dolly's, and in some houses camera's or anything required to make the magic happen. I 100% stand by the writers and the actors in this strike, and I hope this brings positive changes for all film workers overall. We all deserve fair pay and treatment.
"The EI based off of what we make" - have the brains to realize not everyone knows your acronyms. Doofus.
Are you mad because your company is dying?
And you’re saying this company (that doesn’t have money to keep its doors open) should be forced to pay its employees more money?
You don’t see how dumb of an argument that is?
Blaim big movie corporations all you want, Disney finally publucly admitted they’re loosing millions of dollars from recent films.
The films that lost money due to awful writing.
Now the shitty writers are demanding to get paid more despite them causing the studios to loose money?
Im not saying people don’t deserve to get paid what they’re worth, but I am saying that I think people are overvaluing themselves.
Depending on the source, it’s reported that the average writer makes over $100,000 to sit in their house and write a script worse than Chat GPT cando for a Netflix movie that only 3 people end up watching.
Give me that job, I’ll sit in my PJ’s for only $70k and still write a way better Indiana Jones movie than the Dial of Dickery.
As for your job, look for competitor companies that are hiring and apply for better positions than you were in at your current/previous job.
If you’re good at your job and a valuable team-member, this is an opportunity for you to find even better employment 🙌
Paycheque 😭💀🤣
Pls checkque your spelling 😅
@@kingjsolomon I'm Canadian it's paycheque buddy
Wow! 60 years and we’re back at this point. The writers and actors have valid points. Everyone deserves and needs health care. Protect people not corporations or machines
They can get healthcare. The government provides healthcare if you really need it. It’s pretty simple, I can tell you where to go
Yes, be just the right amount of poor and get government healthcare, or make slightly above the threshold and end up bringing in significantly less each month than if you're below it.
@@donaldvonglitchenberger4108 In California, one single person in the household must make no more than $20,121 to qualify for Medi-Cal.
@@johng6565how is that our problem?
You can never fight technology.
New technology will take away old jobs and create new jobs.
Automation industry and technological industry are great examples for this. In 1936 American Federation of Musicians union protested and started a boycott of the record companies to effectively ban recordings being made.
They felt it was taking away jobs of live performers. And we all know how history played out in music industry.
Similarly, AI will take a lot of jobs (including actors, stuntmen, writers, artists, singers) but will provide new jobs to digital artists, software developers and computer technicians & animators.
I am so damn proud of the big name actors supporting the strike. This is for the vast majority of non-A list professionals who live from acting gig to acting gig, from episode to episode.
Agree, what more do they need. These are not some no names actors, Matt Damon, Margot Robbie, Emily blunt. Love them all come on Hollywood pay your people. .
You can never fight technology.
New technology will take away old jobs and create new jobs.
Automation industry and technological industry are great examples for this. In 1936 American Federation of Musicians union protested and started a boycott of the record companies to effectively ban recordings being made.
They felt it was taking away jobs of live performers. And we all know how history played out in music industry.
Similarly, AI will take a lot of jobs (including actors, stuntmen, writers, artists, singers) but will provide new jobs to digital artists, software developers and computer technicians & animators.
@@adampower9757🙄🙄🙄
Proud…. They can afford to do it it’s expected
LOL
Man, can you imagine what would happen if the 27 million small businesses decided to strike against inflationary spending?
It’s very sad to me that not all groups have the privilege to strike. Supermarket workers have literally been replaced by self check out AI and no one really cares about them. I know there are some who refuse to use them but often if there’s no check out open there’s no option. Hope their strike actions are successful …… the world is getting more and more sad 😞
I agree! Stand up for supermarket workers before actors or anyone involved with Hollywood from writers to anyone else involved in the screen industry who make big money before the little paid workers laid off due to automated industry!
I'm in education and it's coming into there as well, just more slowly. Corporations will replace human labor with machine labor in a heartbeat. I've been saying this for 10 years.
I wanted to use the self checkouts but my groceries were too massive for that machine 😞
Self checkouts are great, what is wrong with you people? Why do you want to force human labor?
@@lunakurouwu3935 yeah but we have to progress, people should reinvent themselves and not sacrifice progress in order to keep people on the sabe role
This is disengenous, the actors are not only concerned about AI as they are trying to portray it, but also about the amount of money that companies pay their executives while paying their writers scraps, and how streaming has killed residual payments that are critical to many actors and writers. They didn't even include the part of Fran Drescher speech where talks about corporate greed.
Funny that many of those corporate greedy people , are Fran’s friends , we all know who controls Hollywood …
Exactly... Corporate greed is the main issue and it's absolutely everywhere not only in the movie industry.
Just a few living like Kings while the rest get peanuts and can just shut up and die.
This greed is simply disgusting and intolerable!
Its so crazy how Black Mirror talked about this in their first episode of the new season 😆
Joan is awful!
This strike is tough but necessary. Their ask is reasonable and necessary. This is a key juncture for all labour around the world and I hope everyone is paying attention. These strikers deserve our full solidarity
Maybe they should write some thing decent first. Hollywood is just unbearable propaganda.
Hogwash.
Really??? So, what about all the people behind the scenes who have lost their jobs cause of this? You gonna get them a job? Wake up.
😂 ridiculous!
There is no comparison to this and any labour around the planet at all.
This is a dispute between the rich, the super rich and the elite rich.
Please
I think it boils down to legislation on the use of technology. I mean I don't think studios should be allowed to "clone" an actor's face and let them use it in perpetuity without compensating the owner of that face. As for the writers, it is admittedly going to be contentious. I personally can't help but feel for all the talented writers being rendered jobless simply because of AI. I do think that the likes of Netflix should be a part of the solution to the issue instead of being the problem. But then again, greed tends to muddle things up a lot.
"But then again, greed tends to muddle things up a lot."
It really does.
The Big Stars are thinking of the up & comers. Good for them to try & secure a future for them.
Yeah that's the narrative they're pitching as if they won't also benefit themselves, pfft.
no they arent dumbass
@@cjlaity1 So what if it also benefits them?
@@Ratchetface -- like I said, that's the narrative. If they are so well off and don't need the money, why don't THEY share some of their money with the 99%. You are literally trusting the 1% to have good intentions. Pfft.
@@AmandaFromWisconsin -- so if it benefits them that means they are doing it for themselves. I guarantee you if all the big celebrities got their raise that would be that and they wouldn't be striking for the 99%.
If anybody should be making big bucks, it should be the writers since they're the ones who actually write the story
It's a collaborative effort I don't necessarily disagree with you but it's a collaborative effort
aren't all positions in movie-making collaborative? Yet, the writers aren't even making $26,000?
Yeah, but it would be nice to find actually good writers first, because most of modern scripts are hot garbage
@@dmytrosoboliev935yeah I'm sick of hearing people say that sorry not everything is up to your standards but I find Great things to watch all the time so I know that's not true
@@rustyshackleford6035 well, good for you if you find'em. But we are talking about most of the product on the market. And it's not the best quality.
Folks need to remember the SAG is an actual, real life labour union comprises of 160,000 members and include people from multimillionnaire Oscar winners to the backgroudn actor that works 3 jobs and an acting gig just go be able to pay their mortgage. The stars that we see - are only like the 1% of them. the strike outcome affects the *working actors* much more importantly.
Given the quality of Hollywood output the last 5 years, the strike can go on forever and I really wouldn't miss em
Could it be that the production companies pay the stars vast amounts because their agents have negotiated hard, leaving little left for the small players? How many of these stars ask when signing their multi-million dollar contracts, how much are the others being paid and adjust their millions accordingly? Why pay Harrison ford 65 million guaranteed
Cmon, bro. That's like asking why footballers earn more than the club shop staff. They are the talent, the ones who get the bums in the seats
No excuses for getting paid more money than they can spend in a life time! How many of thse actors could write, direct, produce, sell their own movie! Without the smaller people they would be working in a supermarket.
Because it's those actors that bring people to the seats.... Do you think super Mario Bros would have made 1.34 billion dollars without known faces like Chris Pratt and Jack Black ?
@@seanpittaway5341 You are acting like 65 million is a big number for the type of profits the movies that he would be in are seeing. RDJ can get paid 100 million and it's still not proper compensation fo the value he is creating. 100 million isn't that much when you are the talent that's making these companies billions. It's not that the big name actors are taking all the money from the people lower on the totem pole it's that corporations refuse to pay people lower on the totem pole because they think they can get away with it.
I had no idea the Nanny was the president of SAG!!! Omg I love her
... we awl do.
The national members of the trade union SAG-AFTRA, representing actors and other media professionals, elected Drescher as their new president on September 2, 2021.
Me neither !!!,,, I couldn't stand that show....
" Oh Mr Sheffield".
Fran Drescher and her ex husband have always been very vocal about keeping the art of making art:'pure'. They are in the same vein as Nick Offerman and Meghan Mulally. They truly care about the craft and everything that goes into doing showbusiness. You need those kind of people to remind people that entertainment is a business model but its meant to entertain, first. Money comes after.
Hollywood eating itself bite by bite is the unexpected blockbuster of the season. An enthusiastic two thumbs up 👍 👍 😂
This isn’t just about Hollywood, they’re trying to stand up for the huge numbers of people working in this industry that don’t get paid huge sums of money.
@@deanlowdon8381 This “industry” has become a plague on civilized society.
@@OhArchie Personally I like TV and movies, they’ve provided me with a great deal of entertainment over the years.
-Covid-19 (Tenet)
-Hollywood strikes (Oppenheimer)
It must have been a three horrible years for Chris Nolan
Yes, I’m sure he’s really suffering badly
Imagine if both didn't happen. Tenet could've been more successful and of course Oppenheimer was already a hyped while it was still in production.
Lol ... This would actually help Oppenheimer to make more money than it actually would have because of the barbenheimer memes
$26,000! I have never made that much. A change is definitely needed, in all industries. Those CEOs can definitely go with a pay cut, especially when the rest of us are scrape by each month just to pay the necessary bills of food, water, electric, and shelter.
Movie industry is brutal. Respect to the stars for supporting the slave workers trying to keep it running at the expense of their health, wealth and family.
Good hire writers that know how to write.
They're getting this right. If you want to look at the best evidence of how to do this, look at the MLB players' union. The biggest earners always support the strike and honor the picket line because as soon as the line breaks, they all get burned. No MLB player has EVER crossed a picket line -- NEVER. Which is why MLB has no salary cap and fully guaranteed contracts across the board.
Only fools cross picket lines ….
I wish the NFL and the NBA were like this!!!
Good. Hope they close Hollywood forever. They are out of touch with reality anyway
I remember seeing the a movie as a young teen called LOOKER ... it was about female models who where being murdered after their image would be copied by a super computer .then the advertising company would use a CGI image of them in commercials without having to pay them. the technology in the movie was science fiction at the time it was made..now it's becoming real many decades later.
Wow, you just reminded me of that film! I believe Michael Crichton wrote and directed it too! It’s insane how we are at a stage now where this could very well happen. So many of these companies today are pure evil. It’s always about cutting corners to pay less or not even pay at all. To just use and exploit and discard! 😡
Wait......so we the people should strike and not watch any Hollywood films as well ?
Imagine how that would hurt them and their millions?
Thats the issue though, collectively audiences have been on strike. Film after film is bombing. The occaisional one does well. The majority of the "blockbusters" are tanking hard.
@@kevone08 Preach.
there havent been a real blockbuster since the die hard. the rest are just blah
@@minastirith997 Eh? in 1988 there were 9 more successful films. You are just wrong.
Most of these actors publicly cheered on people being fired because they did not want the experimental jab. Now the shoe is on the other foot.
Remember that news item a few years back? About a company making digital twins or copies of deceased actors, and having their voices on file? EVEN DEATH will not be a barrier to Studios out to make a buck or two off a famous face or name. How long before we see a remake of Some Like It Hot with Marylynn Monroe reprising her role?
When I was younger, they said robots and AI would help make the world a better place and that people would live in harmony.
Instead, billionaires are trying to use them to make even more money, while the people who make the world unique are getting pushed to the side.
The solution is simple:
Step 1: Authorize dark/mad science to allow research and development of labgrown meat and other foods.
Step 2: Opt for nuclear energy research for commericals usage. Defund militaries, let the government elected representatives fight against each other if they want to go to war.
Step 3: Destabilize the concept of money and useless jobs such as accounting and banking. Instead, come up with a better international value system, defund the rich, and start actually valuing people for their talents and skills.
Agreed, it'll be chaos the first decade or so, but hey, atleast it'll ensure the survival of future generations.
Exactly , and people just won’t see what they are doing , all they say is : the economy , the industries blablablabla. You’ know when something is not good for us when they start their conversation with those lines ….
Bob iger is getting a 27 million dollar bonus for running Disney into the ground - he doesn’t even deserve his usual pay check. CEO pay needs to be brought in line - it is ridiculous that the combined pay of 8 CEOs in Hollywood would pay the demands of the writers strike for 3yrs easy. This is patently absurd. It’s time to bring these studios back to reality and realise who really allows them to make money. Good on the writers and actors - I hope they bring the studios to their knees.
The issue is not being replaced by machines. The issue is corporations intentionally ensuring paths where there is zero sharing of profits and no government policy protecting a person’s personal data (their likeness, things created from their likeness via AI amalgamation).
Unions, Unions, Unions are vital for the lower and middle class to make a decent living, or we all would be starving. Yes, FIGHT for your contract rights!
Amen, I wish we had better history in our public education curriculum. So many people don't have a clue how much unions have benefitted them. Before unions took off over 100 years ago, Americans worked twice as many hours with no weekends, child labor was common, no one had healthcare benefits, and no one had family leave.
@@rachelmaddowswife8713meanwhile South Korea and Japan : are unions even legal ?
I'm proud of the high status actors stepping forward with the little guys. Writers too. Acting is a tough career and 99 percent of the time, just getting the part is a challenge. Only a small few get paid what they're worth. Health insurance should be essential and AI does pose a threat to a great many industries. Who needs extras when you can create them on a computer?
AI shouldn't be an issue.
The studios can amend the terms and conditions of all future contracts of employment to guarantee no digital likeness of SAG members can be used without the members' written consent. That would include SAG background artists. The terms of the contract would also cover physical media so the studio cannot use a manipulated AI image of an actor on a dvd/Blu-ray, poster etc without the written consent of the actor.
If you agree to your image used for AI purposes the studio will not pay residuals for AI rendered imagery. So basically no actor will agree to having their image used for AI distribution so that should remove the threat of AI taking employment away from SAG members. If no actor agrees to AI the studios can't do it.
If the studios want to destroy their industry go fully AI. Replace actors with CGI copies. But that seems a bit far fetched at the present moment in time. Thw technology is isn't quite there yet. Not on such a grand scale. If you can deep fake and entire cast with cgi models and it looks 100 percent realistic then it's very concerning but the industry is not at that point.
I don't think residuals is possible with streaming. An increase in minimum salary may be a better solution. Maybe a tier payment structure. An independent review body can determine the rates based on inflation.
What do they lose by speaking up? They are millionaires tens of times over.
Yeah, Hollywood actors and starlettes have been dealt a really tough hand in life, we should all meditate and be sensitized about it.
r0byn masters
wh0 wants t0 be an extra ? and why ?
Media professionals of all types are what make films. Im in a course for trailer editing at the moment and i know trailer editors still pushing to make ends meet and they make the greatest trailers ever. These actors writers PA's etc, deserve everything this is why i hate AI has taken over our generation, you got talented individuals that you dont wanna pay, cause you want a cheaper and more less authentic route. Thats not cool. The more we strike, theyll get it. Someone will.
I agree with and support these strikers. If they don’t get protections in place for the coming age of AI now, they never will.
Support independent artists. LET HOLLYWON'T BURN.
"Reflect upon the Past.
Embrace your Present.
Orchestrate our Futures." --Artemis
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
"Before I start, I must see my end.
Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins.
Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed.
In time, all points converge, hope’s strength re-steeled.
But to earn final peace at the universe’s endless refrain,
We must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
--Diamond Dragons (series)
Actors walk out in solidarity.. after they've been paid.
Or they could do nothing since they have already been paid, which do you prefer?
@@slimbayalimbaya1316exactly at least there doing something
@@slimbayalimbaya1316 I couldn’t care less tbh.
@@rustyshackleford6035 yeah!! You tell ‘em 😂
The actors walked out because their union SAG/AFTRA called a strike that day - their union agreement requires them to do so. They didn't walk about in solidarity with the writers union who has been striking since May.
No one’s saying this but seeing The Nanny be the President of SAG is the most heartwarming thing
So THAT's where I knew her from -- not the series, but the movie where she plays nanny to Timothy Dalton's kids. Thanks! :)
I fully support the actors and writers in their fight. What they’re enduring is wrong, then to add on the looming threat of AI is completely unjust. I mean, AI at its core is plagiarism. There must be some legal recourse for that. And if not, we need to press lawmakers to ensure that there is
AI is garbage right now, and even 100 years from now, it will be mediocre. People thinking it will replace art are hilarious. Art requires human imperfection to be good at its core.
@@redrobotmonkey lol I hope so cause I've just finished writing an 85k word novel and the first draft was pen n paper.
@@redrobotmonkey humans can imitate/recreate art, language models imitate humans, but with a hugely improved inspiration set.
All human artists are asked “who/what inspires you”
It’s the same process. Language models will replace mediocre humans. I bet you’ve thought to yourself “I can do that” before about something?
In fact, I’d actually put money on you saying that you could do something far beyond your skill set at some point in life, lazily in passing. It could have even been about acting.
@@braderley I don't think you understand what I was saying, and I don't think you understand art. Art is not about making something "perfect". The imperfections of art, is what gives individual artists specific style. If you don't understand this, let's just agree to disagree because there is no point in wasting each other's time.
@@redrobotmonkey
ah the s0Ie arbiter 0f the definiti0n 0f art
I d0nt think s0 br0ther
is nt art in the eye 0f the beh0Ider, Iike beauty ?
is duchamps urinaI art ? is an attic vase art ? art can be perfect 0r imperfect and stiIi be art
what is imperfect in a titian ?
0r a rembrandt ?
imperfecti0n and perfecti0n have very IittIe t0 d0 with art
if y0u d0nt understand this y0u are wasting veryb0dy`s time with y0ur
rather restricted and immature refIecti0n
1:09 I thought about this a while ago, when I wanted to see "Eden Log." I was excited to know how difficult it was to see. The fact that I had to go into the city to watch it. Lo and behold? I found it online at the same time it was playing in the theater. I was in a bit of cognitive dissonance at that point, but as it kept repeating and I kept seeing films both in theaters and online at the same time, I understood the devaluation of the film industry. It's a slap in the face to the feeling of being in theaters. Yes, it's up to us-the viewer-to decide what experience we want to have, but it undercuts the film's true experience.
Support independent artists. LET HOLLYWON'T BURN.
"Reflect upon the Past.
Embrace your Present.
Orchestrate our Futures." --Artemis
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
"Before I start, I must see my end.
Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins.
Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed.
In time, all points converge, hope’s strength re-steeled.
But to earn final peace at the universe’s endless refrain,
We must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
--Diamond Dragons (series)
$26,000 a year to get health insurance??? We make $84,000 and can't afford Healthcare!! That's BS!
It's to be ELIGIBLE for health insurance, they still have to pay insane amounts. Don't worry, this is still capitalist healthcare.
keep voting for democrats. That's what u get m
@@pattymyers3109 Republicans want to cut Social Security. I say stop voting altogether and join or create a union.
@@pattymyers3109exactly 💯 don’t feel bad for them.
Because they, as a union, negotiated for that health insurance plan. Bargaining powers being the difference.
I'm one of many people who have stopped watching modern movies, because of excessive violence and unacceptably low standards. In addition. almost nothing is left for the imagination in many movies today. Directors have lost sight of that great resource; the imagination of the audience, which can turn a good story into a great movie. TV and movies basically died in the 1990's, as far as I'm concerned, because of that deficiency. I look at what's on offer via paid-for online services, and struggle to find something which I might want to watch. But I'll watch numerous movies from the 1930's to the 1970's, and watch them again. So this strike makes almost no difference to people like me.
When movie makers return to good family values and let the audience think more, then I might reassess my views.
I watch tons of old shows,there are so many as you mentioned from long ago even from the silent era that are well worth the time
Lol....the older films in the 80s and 90s had far more graphic violence
Goes to the premiere, does photo ops and interviews, then walks out lololol.
Devils advocate for a second: The writers are worried about being replaced, and yet collectively, they've only managed to produce a handful of noteworthy pieces in the last few years.
Im all for making sure people are paid fairly for their work. But with the current state of Hollywood and the low quality products its been producing, is this not the natural course of things while the industry determines if their work is worth paying for?
Other industries go through this. When a portion of the industry isnt performing, or is redundant in some way, changes are made. Why should this be different?
Devils advocate or not , industries and economies shouldn’t dictate society , everybody should have access to medical care and a right to built a life for him or herself and the relatives ….. I see so many woke liberals advertising for progress about being in the 21 st century , but we still can’t manage to give care for those who need it and a job ( quality job and a decent wage ) for everyone , if you can’t realize this , we better start handing out condoms ….. whoops 30 years to late then , I guessthe answer wasn’t diverse enough .
Skilled workers are ,never cheap , cheap work is never skilled …..
The big film companies are making record profits. Restructuring of an industry usually happen when the entire sector is seeing losses like with the travel industry during covid. Also your opinion on the films in the last few years are exactly that opionions but numbers don't lie and the earnings of the major film companies are the highest they have ever been.
@@aminyapussi4740what profits ? Moat of them are still losing money on streaming
Won’t lie the in and outs of the industry are nothing I am familiar with but I’m pleased the actors and writers are supporting each other in this way. Seems all across the world there is dissatisfaction in many industries changes that are needed have been ignored.
@gretabruzzo You can never fight technology.
New technology will take away old jobs and create new jobs.
Automation industry and technological industry are great examples for this. In 1936 American Federation of Musicians union protested and started a boycott of the record companies to effectively ban recordings being made.
They felt it was taking away jobs of live performers. And we all know how history played out in music industry.
Similarly, AI will take a lot of jobs (including actors, stuntmen, writers, artists, singers) but will provide new jobs to digital artists, software developers and computer technicians & animators.
It's high time we stopped letting these corporates make all the money while others are languishing in misery
Well they leach on each other
@gretabruzzo
retrain and d0 s0mething m0re usefuI t0 s0ciety
make y0ur 0wn art, create y0ur 0wn career
bec0me a painter, stained Giass maker 0r d0 y0u need t0 bec0me fan0us ?
@@peterparker9954
y0u`re right
where d0 we start ?
fashi0n 0urseIves as a superher0 ? wear 0ur undies 0ver 0ur tr0users and swing thr0ugh metr0I0ps 0n a thread 0f increduIity ?
0r inundate yt vide0s with vaccu0us c0mments
its a start and its fun
I feel like this is a story written by AI
Fran Drescher sounded like Neil Breen up there lol
I wonder how much the chap holding the umbrella gets😂
"Business model" has been to exploit the "lower echelons" - or all of the creative people - that investors and moguls and executives rely on for the entire industry - SINCE FOREVER.
Push has finally come to shove - and these billionaires and millionaires need to share the wealth without exploiting people and their talent any longer.
if a bunch of actors that no one cares about walk out of a premier that no one cares about, does anyone care?
No, which is why they're reporting on A-list celebrities walking out of a higjly anticipated premier
So what are the terms they're asking for to end the strikes?
1:30 is that josh harnett in the background? Pretty certain it is, havent seen him on screen in years
I really don't think there's any stopping AI, so this will likely only be a temporary solution. Eventually, there won't be need for actors and script writers. If the studios CAN do it, they definietly WILL do it, it's inevitable and unstoppable.
We can stop it by not paying for movies using AI.
we can have studios form that only use real writers and actors. In direct competition with the current studios. May the best dog win. My money is on humanity. AI will only be used as long as there is a market for it. If enough people feel threatened by it they refuse to use it there's only so far down the road it can go. You'll have those corporate executives sat in very empty offices with a copy of 'how to write for AI for dummies' on their desk. I do think we have a little more power over this bullshit than we realise.
who gonna watch an AI movie? i wonder whats the point
@@TheMaulam12345 you wouldn’t even notice it’s AI
Good. We all should stand in solidarity with unions. With labor. With humans.
The people who are complaining about the salaries of the most well-paid celebrities are not only missing the point entirely, they're also completely overlooking that the studio execs at the top also get 7 and 8 figure salaries. So why are they not complaining about the corporate types with bloated income? The celebs definitely bring the revenue, so the double standard isn't about economics...
Matt Damon can’t even hold his own umbrella 😂
Oppenheimer was written by Nolan.
Crazy how people think that AI or machines will replace actors and writers.
There's already bunch of TikToks and RUclips run by AI. Even on Twitter AI arts are taking over
Crazy how people used to think automated farming equipment would replaced farm workers.
If it keeps evolving can replace other jobs and disappear the working class
@@GwladYrHafmusk is creating machines that treat machines so that means mechanics could eventually lose any type of job,and not everybody can be a farmer,by a certain age the body cant stand that much hard labor
@@balung The technology is impressive and all, but humans aren't interested in fake people owned by Microsoft and Apple. They are interested in actual people. AI can't replace real people, no matter what tech bros think.
Soooo I guess my falls shows won't be airing when they normally do?
The brick layer working on a wall in my house just walked out.
He said that unless i would guarantee that he gets a percentage cut of the sales every time my property sells that he was gonna refuse to do any more work. He said that his walls supprt the entire house so he should be entitled to continued revenue well beyond him completing his contracted work.
Maybe some good movies will start coming out if new actors and writers are hired
spot on
Nah, it's the executives that green light productions and those decisions are based more on marketability and cost than anything content related. Unfortunately, having new writers or actors doesn't suddenly change that.
26000 a year for writers thats a disgrace 😤 these are the ppl that are vital for the movie industry. Shocking . These studios are making billions yet pay writers etc basically a minimum wage
Stop
If. Not every writer gets only 26,000 a year. How did you twist his comment so much. They make way more
Than 26,000. Especially ones that write billion dollar movies lol clean out your ears
They have to make 26k to get insurance. In my field you have to make 56k to get Insurance. Writers have it pretty damn good
@@donaldvonglitchenberger4108 They don't get insurance at $26k, they become ELIGIBLE for insurance. Big difference.
And most of them suck at their job
Studios can also lose billions too. DC has lost a huge amount on Flash.
Disney is likely to lose millions on Indiana Jones 5.
Making films is a risk heavy occupation. Disney has had huge hits and huge flops.
nice presentation. Very crisp
Let's see AI do stunts like Tom Cruise.
The CGI artists are the ones who seriously need to organize and probably go on strike at this point. Those guys are being overworked to death and being very underpaid, that's why CG has took a huge dip in quality recently
They are far better off than the model makers they happily put out of work!
Do you blame them, given that crass comment from the industry saying they’d just wait until the writers were homeless?
What does that mean “the industry”? The industry makes statements now. Who runs the Twitter page?
@@donaldvonglitchenberger4108 big companies exes like Disney and fox
Who said that?
@@mohamedMustafa-yn4ucno wonder Disney is seeing bombs after bombs.... Antman 3 bomb, Indiana Jones bomb, elemental bomb, little mermaid flop
@@pyromaniac709"an unnamed industry insider" (hypothesized to maybe be Bob Iger) made a statement to Deadline that basically said that
Is that Neil Morrisey next to Kenneth Brannagh?
Anyone who uses ‘existential threat’ in any context is an existential threat.😅
The average WGA writer salary is 260,000 a year. The average SAG actor gets 40,000 a year but all these actors demand millions to tens of millions for a single film. Seems like they’re only interested in helping others when it doesn’t hurt their bottom line but its the corporations fault (and it kind of is to be sure) but the absolutely bloated salaries of lead actors and actresses is absurd.
I definitely don't understand why actors make that kind of insane $, while teachers, hospital workers, customer service employees, etc., have to beg for a salary increase. I'd think that people who work in those professions would make a better wage, since they're absolutely necessary.
@@qmnnvrdyz8965 demand and supply is capitalism. govt policy ensuring a fairer deal will be rejected by voters as socialism
Are you pulling these numbers from butt ?
Get a clue I live 30 minutes from Silicon Valley in CA and if you think the actors are paid too much you know nothing. The corporate executives the people who make the decisions as to what gets green lit they make the money and the industry has been hiring over seas workers to do animation for a decade rather than paying Americans who have to pay high rents. Those bloated salaries are frequently 10% of what the studio makes. So you get 20 million for making 300 million for Disney like Johnny Depp. Its very tiny compared to the streaming platforms take. Google Netflix yearly haul and see.
Cracks me up that the actors dipped during the screening but not during the red carpet for the strike. If they missed the red carpet it would have actually affected the industry’s ability to create content/profit off them. We all know most of these legit methody actors don’t even like watching themselves anyway lol
A lot of times those appearances are under contract especially for bigger stars theyd get sued
The strike was announced while they were still on the carpet. That's why they left. Until then, their contracts still obliged them to be present for these events.
Fran Drescher should of said that in her Nanny voice LMAO.
What's Oppenheimer?
Great solidarity move. This hurts the studios in a way that the background workers and extras can't.
It's all woke bs anyway.....boycott Hollywood
You gotta love all these celebrities shitting on the very same system that made them their millions
They were’t acting at the premiere or were they by walking out ?
This is a consequence of the math of streaming just not adding up. People pay WAY less than they did for cable, for access to hundreds of productions that are LIKE MOVIES in scope and budget. If the big studios and streaming platforms can't make it work, then it HAS to come from the top line of streaming prices or the return of ads unless you pay an extra fee for each viewing. I use streaming A LOT, it's a big part of my life, but I would pay a few extra dollars to not see ads on a production that MANY people worked on.
I want to be behind this emotionally but also feel the movie and TV industry, much more so the movie industry has been feeding us, by the numbers, cookie cutter scripts and visuals for so long I’m not sure I would notice if A.I. took over. If executives and the powerful are going to squeeze all the originality out when there’s humans involved, as an end consumer I’m not sure there’d be a loss to a computer doing it. This, to me is a call to show me why we should care about humans creating and executing this entertainment. Show me that spark that is beyond a machines programming. Stop making movies with unnecessary agenda’s and political/social statements and return them to real storytelling (looking at you Disney). Allow more than a handful of creatives to get major releases without diluting their unique visions into a formula as interesting as the butter formula for the popcorn….and fire Kathleen Kennedy …lol
Streaming needs to be sorted out for the hardworking working class people who put it together but it also has far surpassed basic cable and most movies in quality original programming.
What a great time to be a writer/director that doesn't have to rely on someone else to come up with your story.
I haven't noticed there were still writers in Hollywood
Matt Damon talking about the little people while another human holds an umbrella for him. Ok Matt Damon, suuuuuure.
This is just wild. Literally something straight out of a movie. Ai is literary coming for all our jobs. Scary times we are living in
Disgusting. I've got friends who work in the industry as make-up artists and on the special effects. One has lost their job another doesn't know what will happen but has said that lots of people are losing their livelihood over this narcissistic, selfish behaviour
Yes indeed, studios should have never let it gone to strike and find an agreement. Without writers or actors there are no movies and studios knew that all along. Greed at it's finest.
Great solidarity there...
As an outsider I have said for years that actors were in jeopardy because of ai now it looks as if many more will be affected, this is a very important issue for all.
Good! I am with the actors and writers!
I feel bad for all the people behind the scenes that are really struggling because of the strikes. Lighting, costumes, set design etc.... the strike is absolutely valid, I just feel bad for everyone not making millions a year
The vast majority of the people on the picket lines don't make millions a year. I feel sorry for all of them, as all of them are at risk. The majority of actors make very little and it's only the extremely wealthy businessmen who will do well unless contracts are adapted to modern times.
They could just get a normal.job why feel.sorry for someone who chooses to stay at a bad working environment have some sence and move on or shut up
The amount of people who actually "make it" in Hollywood is a handful compared to the film set crews that do all the hard work. Thousands of people, its just a regular job. You being totally disingenuous.
Try to get into the business, you might realize it takes years to even be considered a union member. That risk and initial loss of income due to sporadic work is why some make decent money.
Why Now ?!!
they brought this on them self so great to see lol
Hollywood is not needed
That’s what solidarity looks like - hooray!
I know Chris Nolan is like jeez why my movie.
Well actors could agree to take less money for their work. I will only take them seriously when I see actors willing to put their own money forward to help the writers.
I was actually really considering going to the theater and watching Barbie and Oppenheimer and I have not been to the movies much since the Pandemic began. These studios extended the negotiations JUST so they could promote these movies a little harder. They made it seem like they were really going to negotiate but they never were. These companies are evil. I wont be supporting them.
They have also recoreded interviews of actors of every movie releasing as far november
@@travisbickle4360 omg I didn’t hear that. These corporations are disgusting.
@@maddiredfern Thats why they are so confident And studio executives have even planned their vacation anticipating long strike
You should still consider going to the cinema and watch Barbie and Oppenheimer. You'll be supporting the actors, not only the Big A Names, but the smaller ones too - supporting and background actors. As well as all other professionals who worked rigs, lighting, costume, special effects, etc. You should consider unsubscribing from streamers like Netflix or HBO, if you have any. Barbie and Oppenheimer are two films made from incredible talents from the film industry, and they will likely be the last great films experiences we'll get in a while if this strike lasts a long time. Plus, cinema is on a decline. Enjoy the experience while it still lives.
@@okapi7559 Only a few, big actors actually manage to make a deal to get a percentage of the box office earnings and those are usually the people who don't "need" that money. The small actors, writers and crew were already paid for those movies, so everything they make now, goes straight into the studio's pockets, the high-ups who are causing the problems.
I really like the cinema experience (even though it's gotten really expensive here) but stuff like this has me on the fence and even though Oppenheimer was made to be enjoyed in IMAX, I might not go see it because of what's going on.
Matt Damon supporting the strike and noting the importance of helping writers not earning much, whilst someone holds his umbrella for him.
Isn't that good? It's job creation.
Umbrella holders make good money. 1 dollar an hour.
🤭
also they realise that it wont be long until the studios can generate their own characters and stories so also the major actors fear their careers being ruined
you just knew this was going to blow up...
Bunch of Bots & Trolls .. Check the avatars ..hundreds of first comments all saying the same thing .. 🥱
I like to see actors getting educated about this stuff and actually trying to get involved. Actors would be nothing without the legions of people behind them.
well, they are striking now.
What are you even trying to say. Hiw are they not educated? Go on; educate me.
They *know* that, always have. That is why they go on strike, because they're all on the same boat, even the biggest stars are set to crash and burn in a few years if the current situation isn't fixed through these strikes. The ones who need to be educated are the studio execs and a large number of the population who has a skewed view of who works in the film industry.
@@roddo1955 They try to learn as much as they possibly can about the situation. There is an obvious disparity between actor and writer. Actors get paid millions, they get awards, and fans. Writers sit behind a desk, behind the scenes, writing the words that will get them those exact awards. I wasn't sour in my words, I was just saying, some actors might have a hard time understanding why writers are upset and I don't blame them for that.
Actually, actors would be nothing without the people who pay for the tickets to watch the movie.
On strike from what? I haven’t seen a movie, or show for that matter, with good writing for like 15 years. Let me put it this way. Every show gets 100 attribute points. You get to divvy them up any way you like (acting, writing, directing, cinematography…) But new categories have been introduced (diversity, equity, and inclusion) so every single point put into diversity, gets pulled from writing or some other important attribute. This, is the true reason every movie and tv show sucks right now.
If they actually cared they would have donated their earnings for the film to those people they claim to be representing…..
It’s the Nanny! “Mistah Sheffield!” ❤ Fran.