Earlier than the actors in SAG-AFTRA went on strike final week, one of many trade’s largest stars made a shock look at a negotiating session: Tom Cruise.
The 61-year-old actor appeared throughout a Zoom negotiation session between SAG-AFTRA and he Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP) in June, in accordance to The Hollywood Reporter.
He made the looks to attempt to get the AMPTP – which represents the movie and tv networks, studios and streaming companies – to contemplate their factors on regulating synthetic intelligence (A.I.) in their work.
Cruise – who stopped filming his newest Mission: Unattainable film after the strike was introduced – additionally needed to tackle his guild’s place on stunt performers.
Whereas the guild has at occasions referred to as on performers to be part of in the negotiations on points they’ve experience in, it’s believed that Cruise is the largest A-list begin to take part in the negotiations to date.
This additionally comes simply hours after media mogul Barry Diller mentioned high film stars like Cruise want to take a roughly 25% pay reduce to assist the trade survive.
Negotiator: Earlier than the actors in SAG-AFTRA went on strike final week, one of many trade’s largest stars made a shock look at a negotiating session: Tom Cruise
Union: The 61-year-old actor appeared throughout a Zoom negotiation session between SAG-AFTRA and he Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP) in June, in accordance to The Hollywood Reporter
Barry says: This additionally comes simply hours after media mogul Barry Diller mentioned high film stars like Cruise want to take a roughly 25% pay reduce to assist the trade survive
Cruise additionally requested the AMPTP to enable actors to proceed selling their motion pictures after the strike, due to the ‘fragile state of film theaters’ after the COVID-19 pandemic.
He supposedly reminded the union that promotion of their motion pictures is, ‘vital’ to actors too.
One supply who was on the assembly mentioned that felt, ‘uncomfortable’ when it was taking place.
The SAG-AFTRA strike guidelines explicitly prohibit, ‘conventions, interviews, excursions or promotion through social media of any struck work or struck corporations.’
SAG-AFTRA’s three-year contract with the AMPTP expired on July 1, nonetheless, an extension was agreed upon, with the brand new deadline being July 12 – the identical date Cruise’s Mission: Unattainable – Lifeless Reckoning Half One hit theaters.
Even with 12 extra days to discover frequent floor, an settlement wasn’t reached by 11:59 PM PST on July 12.
That resulted in the SAG-AFTRA actors and different performers happening strike, becoming a member of the Writers Guild of America who had been on strike since Could 2.
The AMPTP has nonetheless not returned to the negotiating desk as soon as because the WGA strike began, with many anticipating this stalemate to final a number of months and will very nicely impression the autumn TV season, awards season and extra.
Tom asks: Cruise additionally requested the AMPTP to enable actors to proceed selling their motion pictures after the strike, due to the ‘fragile state of film theaters’ after the COVID-19 pandemic
Identical day: SAG-AFTRA’s three-year contract with the AMPTP expired on July 1, nonetheless, an extension was agreed upon, with the brand new deadline being July 12 – the identical date Cruise’s Mission: Unattainable – Lifeless Reckoning Half One hit theaters
As for Cruise, he was filming Mission: Unattainable – Lifeless Reckoning Half Two, which is at the moment slated for launch on June 28, 2024.
Nevertheless, that date will probably change, since manufacturing has shut down after SAG-AFTRA went on strike final week.
Cruise was filming at Longcross Studios in Surrey earlier than filming was shut down due to the strike, and whereas many of the filming was already completed, the movie’s largest worldwide set piece had but to be filmed, in accordance to director Christopher McQuarrie.
‘We have shot all however one among our worldwide places. We have shot our huge motion aside from the largest set piece, the central set piece of the movie, which is very large and in contrast to something we have accomplished, and, I feel, not like something you have seen,’ he mentioned.
The information about Cruise comes simply hours after former Paramount CEO and Fox community co-founder Barry Diller urged the whole movie and TV trade might very nicely collapse with out stringent modifications to what he referred to as a ‘excellent storm.’
The 81-year-old Diller appeared on CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday, the place he urged that high actors like Cruise take a 25% pay reduce.
‘Everyone’s in all probability overpaid on the high finish. The one concept I had is to say, as religion measure, each the executives and the most-paid actors ought to take a 25 p.c pay reduce to attempt to slim the distinction between those that get extremely paid and those who do not,’ Diller urged.
Whereas he did not point out Cruise by identify, he is likely one of the highest paid actors, having earned over $1 billion in his profession with a present web value of an estimated $600 million.
Filming: As for Cruise, he was filming Mission: Unattainable – Lifeless Reckoning Half Two, which is at the moment slated for launch on June 28, 2024
Barry: The information about Cruise comes simply hours after former Paramount CEO and Fox community co-founder Barry Diller urged the whole movie and TV trade might very nicely collapse with out stringent modifications to what he referred to as a ‘excellent storm’
On Sunday, Diller informed host Margaret Brennan that the leisure trade faces an ‘absolute collapse’ if the strike would not resolved quickly and that individuals will begin pulling their streaming subscriptions as a result of ‘there can be nothing to watch.’
‘What is going to occur is, if in truth, it would not get settled till Christmas or so, then subsequent 12 months, there’s not going to be many packages for anyone to watch,’ he mentioned, including that there ought to be a settlement deadline of September 1.
‘So, you are gonna see subscriptions get pulled, which goes to scale back the income of all these film corporations, tv corporations, the results of which is that there can be no packages. And at simply the time, strike is settled that you really want to get again up, there will not be sufficient cash.’
‘You had Covid, which despatched folks dwelling to watch streaming tv and killed theaters,’ Diller mentioned. ‘You’ve got had the outcomes of big investments in streaming which have produced all these losses for all these corporations that are actually type of retrenching. So at this second, it is type of an ideal storm.’
Over $1.4 billion was raked in by Hollywood executives in 2021, up a startling 50 p.c from 2018. Topping that checklist is Warner Bros Discovery chief David Zaslav, who remodeled $498 million from 2018 to 2022.
The strike is the primary time movie and tv actors have taken industrial motion since 1980, and the primary time two main Hollywood unions have been on strike on the identical time since 1960.
The final time actors and writers joined forces in opposition to Hollywood’s executives was in 1960, when Marilyn Monroe was on the peak of her powers and Ronald Reagan was the pinnacle of the actor’s union.
Below the principles of a strike, SAG-AFTRA members wouldn’t have the opportunity to movie any film or TV collection, participate in any press or movie premieres or promote something at this month’s San Diego Comedian-Con.
Guidelines: Below the principles of a strike, SAG-AFTRA members wouldn’t have the opportunity to movie any film or TV collection, participate in any press or movie premieres or promote something at this month’s San Diego Comedian-Con
First time: The strike is the primary time movie and tv actors have taken industrial motion since 1980, and the primary time two main Hollywood unions have been on strike on the identical time since 1960
Their picketing has shut down manufacturing throughout the leisure trade, plunging it into chaos.
The occasion comes three days after Bob Iger slammed actors for ‘not being real looking’ and ‘disruptive’ to the trade.
The Disney CEO, whose $27 million-a-year contract was prolonged Wednesday via 2026, mentioned the pending SAG-AFTRA strike with CNBC’s David Faber Thursday on the community’s Squawk Field.
‘It is very disturbing to me,’ the 72-year-old mentioned, claiming that actors like Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence are ‘not being real looking’ in regards to the compensation advantages they’re asking for.
In the meantime, over $1.4 billion was raked in by Hollywood executives in 2021, up a startling 50 p.c from 2018.
Topping the checklist of those that took dwelling the largest salaries was Warner Bros Discovery chief David Zaslav, who remodeled $498 million from 2018 to 2022.
His most profitable 12 months was in 2021, when he raked in a titanic $246 million. This windfall additionally got here earlier than his landmark merger between Warner Bros. and Discovery, in a deal value in extra of $40 billion.
Zaslav’s haul that 12 months was solely overwhelmed by Ari Emanuel, the CEO and director of expansive media conglomerate Endeavor Group Holdings, at $308 million. 2021 was additionally the 12 months Endeavor hosted a profitable IPO, sending his compensation hovering.
Bob: The occasion comes three days after Bob Iger slammed actors for ‘not being real looking’ and ‘disruptive’ to the trade
Emanuel’s wage topped $346 million over the identical five-year timeframe of 2018 to 2022, via his firm’s possession of Hollywood’s largest expertise company alongside a slew of sports activities media corporations together with the UFC.
Knowledge on the Hollywood wealthy checklist got here from an LA Occasions evaluation of analysis compiled by Equilar Inc. The analysis heart additionally discovered Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has made $209 million since 2018, intently adopted by embattled Disney chief Bob Iger at $195 million.
Iger was one among solely two of the highest 10 earners on the checklist who made extra in 2018 than he did in the course of the pandemic top in 2021, at $65 million and $45 million respectively.
Fox dynasty Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan every made $174 and $171 million respectively, who had been overwhelmed out by one other Netflix government Ted Serandos at $192 million.
SAG-AFTRA was demanding greater pay to counteract inflation, and ensures for his or her future livelihoods.
As well as to salaries when they’re actively working, actors earn funds referred to as ‘residuals’ each time a movie or present they starred in is aired on community or cable — which is especially useful when performers are between tasks.
Below the principles of a strike, SAG-AFTRA members wouldn’t have the opportunity to movie any film or TV collection, participate in any press or movie premieres or promote something at this month’s San Diego Comedian-Con.
It can have an effect on Disney’s Avatar and Lion King sequels, in addition to exhibits that had been scheduled to return to tv in the autumn, like The Simpsons.
SAG-AFTRA was demanding greater pay to counteract inflation, and ensures for his or her future livelihoods.
As well as to salaries when they’re actively working, actors earn funds referred to as ‘residuals’ each time a movie or present they starred in is aired on community or cable — which is especially useful when performers are between tasks.