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Hollywood Studios’ WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall (deadline.com)

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EXCLUSIVE, updated with AMPTP statement: Regardless of whether SAG-AFTRA goes on strike this week, the studios have no intention of sitting down with the Writers Guild for several more months. “I t…

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You’re looking at fees for movies with a $2m budget only. In 2022 there were a total of 449 movies released in the US in total. You are completely ignoring television, advertising and promotional and streaming production.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Get me dem numbers then with your counterpoint.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure. Here you go. The New Media rates are what you need to look at https://www.wrapbook.com/blog/essential-guide-sag-rates

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

$125 per day for the lowest budget film possible ie lowest rate possible as an actor? Seems pretty ok to me given the ROI on a 250k budget film. It's only upwards from there. Again, I'm not sure what you expect. Wannabe actors are a dime a dozen. Supply and demand.