Hollywood actors to strike alongside writers for first time in 60 years - forcing UK Oppenheimer premiere to reschedule
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists , which represents 160,000 actors, announced on Thursday that it had voted in favour ofMembers of the Writers Guild of America have already been on strike for several months, affecting the production of TV programmes and movies across the industry.
A number of high-profile actors are set to join the actors strike, including Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence and Mark Ruffalo. As well as preventing actors from working on set, the actors strike is set to impact publicity efforts for upcoming movies, including the Christopher Nolan's highly-anticipated new film Oppenheimer., at 5.45pm on Thursday, though has been brought forward by an hour to avoid clashing with the start of the strike.Writers have been on strike for several months.
They continued: "The companies have refused to meaningfully engage on some topics and on others completely stonewalled us. Until they do negotiate in good faith, we cannot begin to reach a deal. "We have no choice but to move forward in unity, and on behalf of our membership, with a strike recommendation to our national board. The board will discuss the issue this morning and will make its decision."
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