EXCLUSIVE: As indie producers and financiers in Hollywood and beyond wait on tenterhooks for waivers from SAG-AFTRA — letting them continue with their projects despite the strike — some…
, due to star Rebel Wilson, and at least a half dozen other movies now have permission to move ahead [waivers largely apply to film, given that most U.S. series involve a studio], and the flow of so-called “non-interference agreements”, and ultimately waivers/interim agreements, is set to intensify in coming weeks for projects with no connection to a studio or streamer.
It’s been a complex process, many say. There’s little recent precedent for a waiver template given that the last SAG strike for theatrical and TV actors was in the 80’s. The guild’s website promised weeks ago that when a strike was authorized, waivers would be granted, but it didn’t disclose terms, how, or when. Things are now speeding up with waivers — or, more specifically, equivalent letters certifying that one is on the way.
It’s a sensitive topic. Over the weekend, in a now deleted tweet, a crew member working on upcoming Simon West action-comedyposted that the film had been granted permission by SAG-AFRA to continue filming in the U.S. via an interim agreement. “Very grateful to SAG-AFTRA for clearing BRIDE HARD to continue production in Savannah. We are an independently financed, independently produced feature film with no studio or connection to the AMPTP.
We’ve confirmed the same update from another source on the movie — making it the first known film or TV project to be granted a waiver. We’ve reached out to SAG-AFRA for confirmation and any official update on the number of waivers it might grant in coming days. The agreements are being granted to “truly independent producers” as long as they are not affiliated with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and agree to be bound retroactively to whatever contract terms eventually are achieved with the
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