But as actors swap their picket signs for audition sides and calls sheets, they’ll be returning to an industry still in the midst of painful transformation and streaming upheaval. In the end, the actors accepted a bonus tied to viewership. The aftermath of the strike may look less like a party and more like a streaming hangover. “Going through that with a streaming service that’s losing billions of dollars is really, really difficult to go on offense.”Cancellations have grown more commonplace as streamers get more selective. But my expectation is that they do really want to get people back to work and that they’ll do so.”

Source: The Hindu November 10, 2023 14:13 UTC