Studios may owe actors over writers' strike

[fangirl_says]

I wonder what the chances are of the studios actually forking the money over. Not much, I bet.

The writers strike may have ended four months ago, but the studios still have checks to write -- at least according to actors.

Because of an obscure provision in the contract between the Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood studios, hundreds of actors could be owed more than $10 million in back pay as a result of being thrown out of work when the writers strike shut down TV production last year.

SAG has quietly lodged claims against more than 80 shows on behalf of "series regulars" who lost their jobs temporarily during the writers walkout, which shut down such hit shows as "Lost," "CSI" and "Ugly Betty." The union contends the producers violated a so-called force majeure clause in the current contract that entitles actors to receive roughly 2 -1/2 weeks' pay if they are suspended due to extraordinary circumstances such as a strike. Series regulars include stars and those who have a recurring role on a show.

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Edit: Friday the 13th will wrap on Friday, June 13.

Comments

[blackjedii.livejournal.com]

I sense a train wreck coming.

[fangirlsays.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I just can't fathom the studios paying up.

[blackjedii.livejournal.com]

Oh definitely not. And I'm even more freaked out by the hints that an Actor's Strike might be coming. Talk about wrecking Hollywood...

Hehe. The Friday the 13th thing is just too weird/awesome. Good timing, that.

[morganslady.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there will be some sort of agreement made,so that the studios won't have to pay out this $$. Didn't any of the studio heads know this was part of the SAG contract?? Talk about an oops.

[fangirlsays.livejournal.com]

Either an oops, or they're a bunch of evil overlords. One or the other. *g*