Barbie, Ken and Wednesday Addams costumes have arrived. Ghosts and zombies are inside.
Halloween is tough this year for the actors on strike new union guidelines Which tells them how to avoid crossing the virtual picket line: Don’t dress as characters from major studio productions or post costume photos online.
“Let’s use our collective power to send a clear and unambiguous message to our affected employers that we will not promote their content without a fair contract,” the union, SAG-AFTRA, said in guidelines Thursday.
The union urged its members to “celebrate Halloween this year while living in solidarity.”
SAG-AFTRA, which represents more than 150,000 television and film actors, has been on strike since July while it negotiates a contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents major. Movie and Streaming Companies Which includes Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros.
Generally, the union encourages striking members Share photos of your union engagement and picket line to amplify your demands, including increased residual payments from streaming services, wage increases and protections regarding the use of artificial intelligence. But SAG-AFTRA said its Halloween guidelines were intended to “ensure that our members do not inadvertently break strike rules.”
The guidelines urge members to choose generic costumes – such as those of zombies, spiders or ghosts – or to base their costumes on characters from animated television shows.
In its coverage of the new guidelines on Thursday, The Hollywood Reporter Highlighted technicalities of some rules, For example, a costume based on Barbie, which is owned by Mattel, might suggest that the wearer was promoting the summer’s biggest movie from a major studio.
The publication wrote, “Possibly, if the actors were not seen in their costumes in public, they could dress like the affected characters, but it’s probably best not to risk it – after all, it’s more likely than not to call for an itch.” There’s nothing scary.” Slang term for a person who ignores a strike.
According to the union, social media photos of costumes inspired by material covered by the strike could be considered propaganda work. It was unclear whether the actor would be playing Barbie or J.J. How Robert would handle dressing up as Oppenheimer would not be publicized or would the actor influence his family members’ costume choices.
“I’ve been waiting all night to yell ‘Scab’ at my 8 year old. He’s not in the union but he needs to learn,” said actor Ryan Reynolds. a funny post on xThis platform was earlier known as Twitter.
John Rocha, a union actor and Co-host of “The Hot Mike”,” a film review podcast, called the decision “stupid” and said he hoped SAG-AFTRA would change its course.
He added, “People should be encouraged to party on Halloween as the characters that their fellow SAG actors have brought to life (while they blow off some steam).” said on x,
Talks between entertainment studios and unions collapsed last week, with both sides saying they are far apart on the most important issues.
