AMPTP STANCE on NEW MEDIA UNITES SAG BOARD

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 30 under AFTRA, AMPTP, Acting, Actors, Alan Rosenberg, Big Media, Daily Variety, Hollywood, NOW MEDIA, Producers, Residuals, SAG, Tommy G. Kendrick

It looks like warring factions inside SAG have found some common ground vs the AMPTP. Finally, all the SAG board agrees that allowing SAG sanctioned, non-Union production and no residuals for certain so called new media production is a bad idea for actors.
Daily Variety reporter and AMPTP fanboy, Dave McNary lays it all out in […]

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Don Knotts, Comedy Genius - Revisited

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 28 under AMPTP, Actor, Actors, Andy Griffith Show, Don Knotts, Hollywood, Humor, Obituaries, Tommy G. Kendrick

How quickly we (I) forget. Last Monday, July 21st, was the birthday of one of my all time favorite comedy actors, Don Knotts. He would have been 84 years old. In the midst of all the back and forth between SAG and the AMPTP and the internal bickering in SAG, it is easy to forget […]

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Dark Knight Punishes Step Brothers

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 28 under Box Office, Box Office Mojo, DARK KNIGHT, Daily Variety, Film Distribution, Producers, SAG

Rank Title Weekend Gross
1 The Dark Knight (2008) $75.6M $314M
2 Step Brothers (2008) $30M $30M
3 Mamma Mia! (2008) $17.9M $62.7M
4 The X-Files: I […]

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SAG BOARD UNITED ON NEW MEDIA

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 27 under AFTRA, AMPTP, Actors, Alan Rosenberg, Big Media, Filmmaking, NOW MEDIA, New Media, Producers, SAG, Strike

Los Angeles, July 26, 2008 — The National Board of Directors of Screen Actors Guild passed the following resolution at its meeting today:
It is a core principle of Screen Actors Guild –That no non-union work shall be authorized to be done under any Screen Actors Guild agreement […]

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Shot in Texas: TXMPA president hopes for incentives for moviemakers

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 25 under Acting, Actors, Auditions, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Commercials, Don Stokes, Film Crew, Film Distribution, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Indie Film, Producers, Right to Work, SAG, TXMPA, Tax Incentives, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film

The following columm appears in The Dallas Morning News Online
08:49 AM CDT on Friday, July 25, 2008
By JOE O’CONNELL / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
filmnewsbyjoe at yahoo.com
Don Stokes skipped junior- high classes to watch Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway succumb to a spray of bullets as Bonnie and Clyde. Now he’s charged with […]

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Letter From Don Stokes new TXMPA President

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 24 under Actors, Austin Film, Film Crew, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Indie Film, Producers, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas film

Don Stokes has been in the film business in Dallas for many years. It looks like TXMPA should be in good hands under his leadership. Here is his recent letter to the masses:
“It is my honor to be the newly elected President of TXMPA. Thanks to the leadership provided by past Presidents, Hector Garcia and […]

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Friday Night Lights Returns On DirecTV

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 22 under Actors, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Friday Night Lights, SAG, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas film

According to a blurb in today’s Austin American Statesman, Friday Night Lights will commence shooting for the new season on August 6th.
As previously reported, the new season will first air on DirecTV where it will kick off on October 1st.
Exec. Producer Jason Katims told AAS reporter Diane Holloway that the new episodes that […]

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SAG and AMPTP In Negotiation Constipation

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 21 under AFTRA, AMPTP, Actors, Alan Rosenberg, Daily Variety, Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter, NOW MEDIA, Producers, Residuals, SAG, Strike

No movement. That’s all there is to report on the ongoing standoff between SAG and the AMPTP. Trade publications put attendance at Saturday’s SAG membership meeting in Hollywood at 450 - 750, depending on which industry rag you want to believe. The producer-friendly Daily Variety article actually has the attendance at the upper end […]

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DARK KNIGHT Light Up Box Office - $155 Million and Counting

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 21 under Big Media, Box Office, Box Office Mojo, DARK KNIGHT, Daily Variety, Deadline Hollywood Daily, Hollywood Reporter, Producers

One of the best reviewed films of the year had a stunning opening this weekend with an estimated take in excess of $155 million while playing on 4,366 screens. Apparently that wasn’t enough screens because the weekend was a virtual sellout and HOLLYWOOD REPORTER published a report of tickets selling on Ebay for around […]

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NEW MEDIA: Amazon.com Offers Streaming Video On Demand

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 18 under AFTRA, AMPTP, Amazon.com, Big Media, Daily Variety, Filmmakers, NOW MEDIA, New Media, Producers, Residuals, Streaming Video, Strike, Tommy G. Kendrick, Writers

The following story on Amazon.com’s new Video on Demand service appears in newspapers across the country today, 7/18/08. This is just one more example of where film and video distribution is headed. And it is one more example of why the AMPTP is trying to force feed a bad deal on Screen Actors Guild […]

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