Weekly Journal #178
Industry News
On the Brink of a Possible SAG-AFTRA Strike, Some Actors Are Wary of AI. Here’s Why. (The Los Angeles Times)
Disney CEO Bob Iger Calls Actors and Writers Not 'Realistic' in Contract Demands (The Los Angeles Times)
California Black Caucus Calls on Studios to Explain Sudden Departures of Multiple Black Female Executives in Hollywood (Variety)
Rushfield: Impeach the Poobahs (The Ankler)
Confessions of a Business Affairs Exec (The Ankler)
SAG-AFTRA Strike: The Film & TV Projects Impacted Overseas — Updating (Deadline)
Hollywood’s High-Stakes Strike: Actors and Writers Make History With Bid to Reshape Industry (The Hollywood Reporter)
Deadline’s Strike Talk Podcast Week 11: Striking SAG-AFTRA Joins WGA Pickets; How The Different Goals Of AMPTP Signatories Hampers A Resolution (Podcast via Deadline)
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Says SAG-AFTRA Strike “Affects All Of Us,” Calls For Sides To Come Back To Table To Reach “Equitable Agreement” (Deadline)
Film
Everyone, Calm Down: Summer’s Next Big Three Movies Deserve a Nuanced Response to Their Initial Grosses (IndieWire)
How Can a Movie Be Marketed Without Stars? A PR Dilemma Amid Actors Strike (The Hollywood Reporter)
How the Writers and Actors Strikes Will Impact the Fall Film Festivals (IndieWire)
Television
“Orange Is the New Black” Signalled the Rot Inside the Streaming Economy (The New Yorker)
Why Paramount+ With Showtime Won’t Change Streaming Game Much (Variety VIP+)
We Have Reached Peak “Therapy TV” (The New Yorker)
In Other News
The Choir That Saved My Life (The Los Angeles Times)
‘They’re Outsmarting Us’: Birds Build Nests From Anti-Bird Spikes (The New York Times)