SAG extends commercials contract

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 27 under AFTRA, Actors, Auditions, Big Media, Commercials, Daily Variety, Residuals, SAG, Voice Actor, WGA

With the SAG in a stalemate with the majors over its feature-primetime contract, the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists have opted for a six-month extension of their commercials contract until March 31.
SAG and AFTRA, which plan to negotiate jointly on the ad deal, made the disclosure Wednesday in […]

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Tax Incentives Lure Productions to Michigan - 15% Not Enough in Indiana

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 23 under Acting, Actors, Auditions, Austin Film, Directors, Film Distribution, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Indie Film, Louisiana Film Production, New Mexico Film Production, Producers, Residuals, SAG, SAGIndie, TXMPA, Tax Incentives, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film

Here’s an excellent article on state film incentives from Indy.com
In Texas we are HOPING to get the legislature to increase our incentive from the current dead in the water 5% to a comparatively modest 15%. We are hoping that the existing infrastructure will make 15% more competitive. So far, 15% hasn’t primed the […]

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SAG and DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD DAILY CONTRACT UPDATES

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 18 under AFTRA, Acting, Actors, Hollywood, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund

Deadline Hollywood Daily has a full posting of all the most recent back and forth between SAG boards and SAG vs the AMPTP. Below is the full text of the email received by SAG membership on Friday, the 15th.
August 15, 2008
CONTRACT 2008 UPDATE
Discussions Continue
SAG negotiators and industry representatives continue to have informal discussions regarding a […]

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TROPIC THUNDER blasts to box office lead

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 18 under Actors, Box Office, Box Office Mojo

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Acting on Friday Night Lights - Be Ready to Improvise

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 13 under Acting, Actors, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Creating characters, Directors, Film Crew, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, Producers, SAG, Self Promotion, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film, Tommy G. Kendrick

“Did anyone talk to you about how we shoot”? When I arrived on the set to shoot a scene as Dr. Campbell, doctor to Grandma Saracen (Louanne Stephens), grandmother of Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) these were the first words I heard from producer / director Jeffrey Reiner. “Hummm…not really” was my cautious reply, not exactly […]

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Friday Night Lights: How Is This Going to Work Exactly?

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 10 under Acting, Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Callbacks, Film Crew, Film Distribution, Filmmakers, Friday Night Lights, Residuals, SAG, SAG Membership, Self Promotion, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film

You Friday Night Lights fans might find this TV Guide article of interest. I’m wondering how this will work out as well. And will the DirecTV run count as first run and the NBC network run a rerun, or vice versa?
Whatever the case, it’s just another example of the changing landscape for […]

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August Production Update from SAG

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 7 under Acting, Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Callbacks, Casting Notices, Directors, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, Indie Film, Producers, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film, Tommy G. Kendrick

The following productions has approached SAG about shooting under a SAG signatory agreement. Not all of these projects will necessarily end up going SAG, so ‘buyer’ beware:
American Cartel – Ultra Low Budget
Agave Productions, LLC
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Friday Night Lights Warms Up For Season 3

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 6 under Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Callbacks, Casting Notices, Friday Night Lights, SAG, Self Promotion, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Tommy G. Kendrick

Given the paucity of film work in the state due to lack of a competitive tax incentive package, the start of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, Season 3 is a most welcome event. That is even more true this year since PRISON BREAK has fled Texas to hide out in the Los Angeles area, leaving FNL […]

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Letter from Bob Hudgins, Texas Film Commission

A MESSAGE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS PRODUCTION COMMUNITY
Folks, the legislative season is upon us. Long before the session begins in January, much work has already been done — and there’s a great deal yet to be done — toward making Texas’ incentive program more competitive, and regaining some of the ground that Texas […]

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SAG and AMPTP Still Talking per Allen

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 4 under AFTRA, AMPTP, Actors, Alan Rosenberg, NOW MEDIA, New Media, Producers, Residuals, Right to Work, SAG, Strike, Tommy G. Kendrick

SAG members received the following missive from National Exec. Director and Chief Negotiatior, Doug Allen. The impression one would get from reading Daily Variety or listening to other press sources is that there is no ongoing communication and SAG is just stalling with no plan of action in place.
Some of the conventional […]

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