SAG-AFTRA Begins Granting Waivers To Indie Productions But Plenty Of Questions Remain, Not Least Whether Actors Will Show Up

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Its been a complex process, many say.

Typical procedure would be for a producer to sign an agreement directly.

Its a sensitive topic.

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Very grateful to SAG-AFTRA for clearing BRIDE HARD to continue production in Savannah.

We are an independently financed, independently produced feature film with no studio or connection to the AMPTP.

Thanks to the SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement, productions like ours can continue, read the scrubbed tweet.

There remain a number of questions, however, which mean the path to production wont be straightforward.

Thats a risk that still has completion bond firms nervous even for films with waivers.

Will eligible producers crack on or will such a move be deemed too complicated and/or optically unpalatable?

Could those deals be jettisoned?

Does it dilute a strike if a number of big productions get a waiver?

Or conversely, does it sock it to the studios if business continues without them?

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