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Well the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) officially rejected the so called ‘final offer’ from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). What does this mean? Well, basically the actor strike is more possible now than it was a couple of days ago, but will it actually happen? None of the studios are green-lighting new films, because of the possibility of the strike. And TV production for the fall season usually picks up around July 25th, but it won’t happen if the actors are on strike. And the AMPTP is making it sound like they are unwilling to negotiate any further. So things sound somewhat dire. The California economy would take a $23 Million hit every day, if the SAG strike were to happen. Is that even possible? After the writer’s strike earlier this year I don’t think Hollywood can really take that kind of decline. It’s a rough period right now, but there is some hope in the near future. SAG did make a counter offer that is supposedly bringing things closer to agreement from their side. And even though they rejected the ‘final offer’, the national SAG board meeting is on July 26th, and hopefully by then they can get things together to come to an agreement. Then maybe the fall season can be saved. Only time will tell, but I do wish people would stop being so greedy. It’s hurting a lot of hard working people’s chances of survival in a declining economy. 

And according to Variety.com even Governor Schwarzenegger spoke out:

“If someone asks me to help, I would be more than happy to,”       Schwarznegger said Friday morning during a news conference at the Kodak Theater to tubthump a deal to run anti-smoking PSAs on DVDs of pics that depict tobacco use. But the governor emphasized that he had not been asked by either side, nor was he inclined to make the first call. Schwarzenegger reiterated his feeling that for the sake of California’s economy and for showbiz “it’s very important (for the sides) to come to an agreement as quickly as possible. The last thing we need is another strike,” he said, referring to the WGA’s 100-day walkout that socked the state and local economy. “A strike would be devastating to our industry and our economy,” the governor said.

We can only hope for the best. 

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