As Ted Sarandos endured hours of questioning from the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee about Netflix’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros., several of the Hollywood guilds raised concerns again with lawmakers regarding any potential sale of the storied studio. The Directors Guild of…

As perhaps the most recognizable president of the Directors Guild of America since Frank Capra led the union in the late 1930s, Christopher Nolan has a lot on his plate. Nolan is poised to steer his guild through a high-profile set of negotiations with the major Hollywood studios in May…

Newly elected DGA president Christopher Nolan doesn’t expect that the union will be accepting any five-year contracts with the Hollywood studios. When asked during a recent interview if the directors guild would be open to discussing extending its contracts with the Alliance of Motion Picture…

Just weeks before the start of a high-stakes bargaining cycle with the major Hollywood studios, the Writers Guild of America’s own staff is threatening to go on strike. The Writers Guild Staff Union said late Thursday that 82% of its membership has voted to authorize the work stoppage, accusing…

EXCLUSIVE: The editorial staff at Slate Media has ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the WGA East that, for the first time, establishes guardrails around the use of artificial intelligence in the newsroom. The guild revealed Wednesday that the 55-member bargaining unit had…

SAG-AFTRA will head into another round of labor negotiations with the major Hollywood studios in around two weeks, led by newly elected leader Sean Astin. “My mission going into this negotiation is to make sure that the companies spend as much time as necessary to fully hear the issues that…

EXCLUSIVE: Equity and Pact are returning to the negotiating table over artificial intelligence and we can bring you much more on what those negotiations will entail. After a lengthy stand-off centering on the thorny issue of digital scanning, the actors union and producer trade body will begin n…

On-location production in Los Angeles saw a slight uptick in the final few months of 2025 but overall the year marked another bleak one for the city, with 16.1% fewer total shoot days than 2024, according to the latest report from FilmLA. The city and county's film-permitting office said…

EXCLUSIVE: UK unions representing freelancers in the TV and film industry have slammed the government for missing the deadline to appoint a Freelance Champion. As thousands of freelancers remain out of work, we are told Bectu head Philippa Childs contacted Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy late last…

The Hollywood labor landscape will have different contours this year as above-the-line guilds try to reach deals with the studios and streamers and avoid a repeat of the damaging strikes of 2023. For one thing, SAG-AFTRA will be the first union to negotiate, taking the spot normally occupied by the…

SAG-AFTRA’s Duncan Crabtree-Ireland was circumspect onstage at CES today about upcoming contract negotiations with the studios and streamers and who will or should own Warner Bros. But when it came to his labor big stick, the actors guild’s National Executive Director was blunt, sorta. “I want…

As Hollywood prepares for a new round of potentially sweeping labor deals over the next few months, the Animation Guild has seen 2025 end with some solid and long sought unionization votes. In the past few weeks, feature teams at Netflix Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation remote works and…