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This is the first time that the two unions have been on strike simultaneously since 1960 when actor (and future US president) Ronald Reagan led the protests. Well, writers have already spent 11 weeks protesting outside Disney and Netflix's headquarters, as their바카라 웹사이트demands were not met. The actors cannot star in movies or even promote the films that they have already made till the strike lasts.바카라 웹사이트Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie,바카라 웹사이트Bob Odenkirk, Cynthia Nixon,바카라 웹사이트Kumail Nanjiani,바카라 웹사이트Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Ben Stiller, Colin Farrell and Jamie Lee Curtis among others have backed the strike.바카라 웹사이트
On Thursday night, Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon and Emily Blunt left the premiere of Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' in London. Nolan said that he supported them in their struggle.
As per reports, picketing will begin바카라 웹사이트on Friday morning outside the California headquarters of Netflix and then moving바카라 웹사이트to the headquarters of Paramount, Warner Bros and Disney.
For the unversed, these big studios have offered a proposal that they would protect the "digital likeness of actors and require their consent when digital replicas are used in performances, or alterations are made". But the union바카라 웹사이트rejected the offer and SAG's national executive director and chief negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland called it "unacceptable".
On Thursday, Disney CEO Bob Iger told CNBC the expectations of the actors and the writers were바카라 웹사이트“not realistic,"바카라 웹사이트 and he called their decision to바카라 웹사이트strike “very disturbing." The writer, director and producer of 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse',바카라 웹사이트Phil Lord tweeted,바카라 웹사이트“AMPTP has played hardball instead of helping to solve entirely solvable problems that endanger writers and actors on the lower ends of the pay scale".
