Hollywood star Nicolas Cage is not going to attend Fantasia Movie Competition, billed as one in every of North America’s greatest style festivals, following the strike known as by the Display Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and Tv Artists (SAG-AFTRA). Cage was because of attend the competition in Montreal, Canada, on July 22 for the world premiere of director Yuval Adler’s Sympathy for the Satan, the place he was scheduled to obtain Fantasia’s Cheval Noir profession achievement award. Fantasia, which runs from July 20 to August 9, shared the replace on its official web site.
Final week, the Display Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and Tv Artists (SAG-AFTRA) voted to workforce up with the screenwriters beneath the Writers Guild of America (WGA) within the first joint strike after failing to succeed in a consensus for a brand new contract with the studios and streaming companies, represented by the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP). “We’re unhappy to announce that because of the SAG-AFTRA strike, Nicolas Cage will now not have the ability to attend the competition subsequent weekend. We’ll be updating our web site repeatedly as we obtain information from different introduced visitors whereas circumstances evolve. Our hearts are with the actors, in addition to with the WGA, and we hope to see the unions get a good deal quickly,” the competition organisers mentioned within the assertion.
Following the affirmation of the SAG strike on July 13, Judy Greer, star of Aporia, one in every of Fantasia’s different high-profile premieres, didn’t look like accessible for interview by American leisure outlet Selection. Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon and Florence Pugh – the forged of Christopher Nolan’s a lot anticipated movie Oppenheimer – left the movie’s London screening halfway in solidarity with the strike known as by the Hollywood’s actors union.
Not too long ago, actors Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas voiced their help with their protesting colleagues. The strike by Hollywood actors is the primary strike since 1980. Additionally it is the primary occasion when two main Hollywood unions have been on strike on the identical time since 1960. Members of the WGA have been protesting since early Could, demanding higher wages, greater minimal pay, extra writers per present, and shorter unique contracts amongst different issues.
