Since we have a thread discussing the video game industry, I thought it would be appropriate to have a thread discussing the practices and going ons of the film and tv industries. Especially in light of recent news surrounding the sets of Batwoman
and Rust
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This will not be about films and tv shows but rather about the practices and behind-the-scenes news affecting the industries.
Do we have any proper thread discussing metamodernism and modern films?
ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔|I DO COMMISSIONS|ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔Hollywood is staring down the barrel of a triple strike
Disney Gets Big Write-Off After Pulling Its Streaming Shows
The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps
Damn it, I knew it writeoffs were the endgame.
This is becoming a gigantic problem, and I hope a guild or even the law catches up to this trend really soon. This is upsetting to me more than most things in the entertainment industry.
Pantheon server for all who click here. Lost too much money and time, this coaster ain’t stopping.How does the tax write-off thing work? Like, how does cancelling result in tax write offs?
Leviticus 19:34This relates more to voice acting in anime/video games, but putting it in here since it ultimately ties into the SAG which is largely live action.
Recently there was a Tower of God video game, after two anime seasons. The video game has a completely different voice cast to the anime, and one of the voice actors for the anime explained why. It turns out that Crunchyroll contacted the video game developers and told them that CR owned the voice prints of the original cast. Despite this being absolutely wrong as there was no such clause in the contracts for the VAs, the developer didn't push it out of fear of being sued by a Sony-owned company.
Also worth noting that the Video Game was a union project, while the anime wasn't.
This isn't the first time Crunchyroll has been under fire for their anti-union stance. They recast the lead actor in Mob Psycho 100 season 3 because he asked that CR have a conversation with the SAG. Not make any firm commitments or anything, just one meeting with them.
I'm going to note that this particular thing that Disney didn't isn't the same thing that Warner Bros did.
Warner Bros did a permanent write-off. Disney's done a weird thing where they can technically un-write them off whenever they want, the tax rebate just has to be paid back when they do. Which kinda makes sense, Disney doesn't want to permanently lose access to anything in their library.
The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps
Thats better than what David Zaslav at least though normalizing this damages the credibility of the entertainment industry nevertheless
Pantheon server for all who click here. Lost too much money and time, this coaster ain’t stopping.Netflix bosses get their pay requests rejected, for once
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The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps
Better to not pay rich dudes than go the route David Zaslav started.
Granted, Netflix values propping their library even if its littered with cancelled shows.
Pantheon server for all who click here. Lost too much money and time, this coaster ain’t stopping.Suppose they un-write them off in five years. Do they pay back the exact quantity of the rebate, or is it adjusted for five years of inflation?
ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NODirectors Guild Avoids Strike, Makes Deal with Streamers and Studios
You’re gonna see people saying the DGA threw the WGA under the bus. This did not happen. The DGA was basically always going to get their demands (there’s not really a way to replace directors at this point) but they moved the needle and now the SGA and WGA can demand some of the same things with minimal pushback.
Like the “AI does not count as a person” thing. Now that it’s in the DGA contract, the studios can’t in good faith deny that clause in WGA or SGA contracts and it makes their position on refusing any AI restrictions much weaker.
I think what's tripping some people up is that they expected the DGA to do a solidarity strike. The problem is that the DGA contract hadn't actually expired yet and they can't reject a deal that contains everything they want because they want to wait for a month to do a solidarity strike, because that's not what a strike authorization allows for. If the studios give them what they want, they have no legal grounds to strike.
Double-post due to new update.
SAG-AFTRA has voted to strike if the studios refuse to acquiesce to their demands.
At 97.91% of voters voting in favour. (I'm going to note that less than half of the total voted, but about a quarter to a third of SAG-AFTRA members are barely active and don't seem to pay attention to anything, IIRC)

I hope eventually someone manages to define a new art movement around a more specific ethos than "modernity".
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