Hollywood Goes Back To Work

The de facto come to that has slowed television production and virtually halted motion ikon production at the major studios is expected to be brushed aside and postponed projects revved up again by the death of the month, Hollywood's primary trade publications presage today (Friday). "The major league [studios] ar coming to the close that SAG's all bark and no bite when it comes to release on strike," Daily Variety observed. Likewise, the Hollywood Reporter far-famed that the industry has generally occur to the conclusion that even if the electric current SAG leadership is returned to power in next month's scheduled election, they "would likely not be able to muster the 75 percentage vote necessary to authorise a strike." Both trade publications noted that respective high-profile projects have already gone before the cameras, including Sony's Angels & Demons, Disney's Prince of Persia, Warner's Gran Torino, Fox's Night at the Museum II, and Paramount/DreamWorks's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. However, SAG Executive Director Doug Allen told Variety: "Industry representatives would be better served to focus on reaching arrangement, as we are, and should forbear from hardihood SAG members to strike."