The Hollywood industry is on lockdown. The reason is the decision of the actors to join the strike after the writers. It also stars superstar Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh and three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep. The effect of the strike is that many production houses are on the verge of closure. After all, why is this strike being done, while the Writers Guild of America has been on strike since May 2 and many major TV programs have had to be shut down. Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, Rob Lowe and Mark Ruffalo are among popular stars who have already staged a sit-in in support of the authors.
Why is Hollywood on strike?
In fact, people from the industry are demanding to increase the base pay and other pay scales in the streaming TV era.
The second demand is about the assurance they want after the arrival of AI. They demand that they be assured that their jobs will not be in jeopardy.
The third demand is regarding their digital copy. In fact, studios don’t want to hire background performers to film an entire event. They want to use their replica by paying one time money and taking rights for the entire project, against which everyone is united.
What do the producers have to say?
The organization of production studios says that they have made many offers including increasing salary, regulating digital copying, but the actors union is not ready to accept. He says that for the last few years people are spending time on streaming platforms at home instead of going to theatres. Due to this they are incurring losses.