SAG-AFTRA Ends Historic Strike, Resuming Film and TV Productions

California United States of America
The contract is worth more than $1 billion in total.
The end of the strike allows for the resumption of several films and TV shows.
The new three-year contract includes increased minimum payments, a larger share of streaming revenue, benefit plan enhancements, and AI use protections.
The SAG-AFTRA strike lasted 118 days, involving more than 60,000 members.

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood film and television studios, marking the end of a 118-day strike. The strike, which involved more than 60,000 SAG-AFTRA members, had significant impacts on the industry, including delayed release dates and waits for new show seasons.

The three-year contract, which still needs approval from the union's board and members, includes increases in minimum payments to actors, a larger share of streaming revenue for performers, enhancements to benefit plans, and protections against the unrestricted use of artificial intelligence in recreating performances. The contract is worth more than $1 billion in total, marking a historic pay increase for actors.

The end of the strike has allowed for the resumption of several films and TV shows that were midway through production, including sequels to Beetlejuice, Deadpool, Gladiator, and Venom. TV shows resuming production include Andor, Abbott Elementary, Hacks, and Yellowjackets. The end of the strike also means an end to further delays of The Last of Us season two, and the final seasons of Stranger Things and The Handmaid's Tale.

The premiere of The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds And Snakes, took place in London following the end of the strike. The film, set 64 years before the original Hunger Games films, follows the rise of Coriolanus Snow, the president of dystopian Panem. The film had been granted a waiver allowing its cast to promote it during the strike.

The news comes one month after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) struck a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), ending a 146-day strike of their own. The six months of Hollywood strikes are estimated to have cost the Southern California economy more than $6.5bn and 45,000 entertainment industry jobs.


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    • The news comes one month after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) struck a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), ending a 146-day strike of their own.
    • The six months of Hollywood strikes are estimated to have cost the Southern California economy more than $6.5bn and 45,000 entertainment industry jobs.
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    • Films and TV shows that were midway through production will now resume, including sequels to Beetlejuice, Deadpool, Gladiator and Venom.
    • TV shows resuming production include Andor, Abbott Elementary, Hacks and Yellowjackets.
    • The end of the strike also means an end to further delays of The Last of Us season two, and the final seasons of Stranger Things and The Handmaid’s Tale.
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    • The three-year contract, which still needs approval from the union’s board and members, includes increases in minimum payments to actors, a larger share of streaming revenue for performers, enhancements to benefit plans, and protections against the unrestricted use of artificial intelligence in recreating performances.
    • The strike, which involved more than 60,000 SAG-AFTRA members, had significant impacts on the industry, including delayed release dates and waits for new show seasons.
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    • The premiere of The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds And Snakes, took place in London following the end of a four-month actors’ strike.
    • The film, set 64 years before the original Hunger Games films, follows the rise of Coriolanus Snow, the president of dystopian Panem.
    • The film had been granted a waiver allowing its cast to promote it during the strike.
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    • The deal includes first-ever protections for actors against artificial intelligence and a historic pay increase.
    • The deal also includes a streaming participation bonus and increases in pension and health contributions.
    • The contract is worth more than $1 billion in total.
    • The union gained structural change in compensation on streaming platforms.
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