We all know that the internet, TV Shows, and movies are a big part of our lives. People love to have the ability to watch their favorite shows and movies. They also love when new seasons of their favorite shows come out. So when the Screen Actors Guild strike started, also known as the SAG strike, people were upset because not as many movies and TV shows were being released. Countless movies and shows were delayed or even canceled because no one was available to write them.
The SAG strike lasted from a total of 118 days, from July 14th to November 9th in 2023. The strike started because actors and other members of the SAG-AFTRA community were fighting for better pay, working conditions, and concern over artificial intelligence exploiting actors’ likenesses without fair compensation. The SAG strike took place mainly in Los Angeles, but people all over the world were outraged.
The rules for the SAG strike were as follows:
- Stopping all work on and behind the camera.
- Members were not allowed to promote any of the projects that they completed. Meaning, that they could not talk about them in the form of interviews to the press, movie premieres, festivals, fan expositions, podcasts, and/or social media.
- Members can, however, participate in productions by the network television code, a network that is not part of the SAG strike. Productions that actors can be a part of are reality shows, talk shows, competition shows, game shows, variety shows, and special events.
These are the most popular shows and movie titles that got canceled or delayed because of the strike:
Movies:
“Avatar 3” and “Avatar 4” (Production suspended post production suspended)
“Beetlejuice 2” (Production suspended)
“Deadpool 3” (Production suspended and release date delayed.)
“It Ends With Us” (Production suspended)
“Lilo and Stitch” Live Action (Production suspended)
“Moana” Live Action (Casting process delayed)
“Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” (Voice recording suspended and release date delayed)
Untitled 8th “Mission Impossible” Film (Production suspended and release date delayed)
Untitled “How to Train your Dragon” Live action film (Production start date delayed and release date delayed)
United “Super Mario Bros: Movie Sequel” (Production suspended)
Untitled “Transformers” film (Pre-production suspended)
“Venum 3” (Production suspended and released date delayed)
“Wicked” (Production suspended)
TV shows:
“American Horror Stories”: Season 3 (Production suspended)
“American Horror Story”: Season 12 (Production suspended)
“Chucky”: Season 3 (Production suspended)
“Emily in Paris”: season 4 (Production start delayed)
“Euphoria”: Season 3 (Production start date delayed and release date delayed)
“The Last of Us”: Season 2 (Production start delayed)
“Interview With a Vampire”: season 2 (Production suspended and resumed production)
“Law and Order”: Season 23 (Production suspended)
“Outer Banks” : Season 4 (Production suspended and resumed after strike was over)
“Stranger Things”: Season 5 (Production suspended)
“The Summer I Turned Pretty” : Season 3 (Production start date delayed)
“Yellowstone”: Season 5 part 2 (production suspended and release date delayed)
With this many movies and TV shows delayed or canceled, plus with all the other movies and TV shows canceled or delayed, this affected a lot of people and a lot of people did not have jobs for a while. However, it’s important to recognize that the SAG strike needed to happen for the writers to get fair treatment. It’s no wonder so many people are so excited and happy now that the strike is over. You can expect a lot of releases coming up.
