SAG Signs Interim Pact

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After two days of contract negotiations with the majors, the Screen Actors Guild is looking to put some pressure on the studios by signing interim deals with indie feature producers that would allow actors to continue working on select projects even if a strike occurs, Variety reports.


The Film Department, Mark Gill and Neil Sacker’s year-old shingle, announced late Wednesday that it had reached pacts with SAG for nine pics. But the majors are unlikely to react to SAG’s manuever, as Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers member congloms have been steadfastly holding off on starting any projects until after a deal with the guild is clinched.


SAG’s guaranteed completion contracts are available only to independent feature productions that have neither financing nor distribution deals with any AMPTP-repped company.


The Film Department pics include writer-director Bart Freundlich’s romantic comedy “The Rebound,” starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Justin Bartha. Production starts next week in New York City. Others are “Law-Abiding Citizen,” a thriller starring Gerard Butler, which starts production Aug. 11; WWII thriller “Brothers in Arms,” directed by Marcel Langenegger and set for late summer/early fall in the Czech Republic; “The Other Side of Paradise,” the story of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, with production in late summer/earlyfall; and romantic comedy “Earthbound.”


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