Actors have called 'cut' on the filming of a movie in Australia as the cast stand in solidarity with striking Hollywood colleagues.
The Screen Actors Guild voted to approve a strike action involving the 160,000 actors belonging to the union.
Apples Never Fall is based on the best-selling novel by Australian author Liane Moriarty and was slated to stream on the NBCUniversal service Peacock in the US. Unionised Hollywood screen writers have downed tools since May, and have been joined by actors including some of Hollywood's biggest stars following a breakdown in negotiations with studios.
The actors' union announced at a Thursday press conference it would strike from midnight after its national board voted unanimously to authorise the walkout.The Screen Actors Guild is unhappy with negotiations The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers , the trade association that negotiates on behalf of Netflix Inc, Walt Disney Co and other production companies, said it was "deeply disappointed that SAG-AFTRA has decided to walk away from negotiations".
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