SAG-AFTRA issues order not to work for actors – Deadline

SAG-AFTRA today put the cyst on the producer Michael Bay’s Singing bird, one of the first movies to shoot in Los Angeles during the pandemic. The actors union told its members not to work on the film because “it was unable to complete the signing process and is therefore not signed with any applicable SAG-AFTRA agreements.”

However, in the past, many of those No Work orders were resolved once producers cleared documentation with the union.

“We are actively working to resolve this paperwork issue with the guild,” a representative from Invisible Narratives told Deadline.

However, a SAG-AFTRA spokesperson told Deadline today: “Producers have not been transparent about their security protocols and that is something that we obviously take very seriously. Additionally, as noted in the Do Not Work order, producers have not yet become signatories to our agreement. We have no further comments.

As Mike Fleming Jr. of Deadline reported on May 19, Singing bird is a pandemic thriller “that plans to take an unusual approach to filming a movie in Los Angeles during closing … The filmmakers are providing remote training for the actors. None of the participants would say exactly how they plan to shoot a movie at a time when guilds are still compiling their own security protocols so production can resume. I was told that the filmmakers behind Singing bird They’ve screened their plans for the guilds, and they’re ready to go. “The film is from former Paramount chief production officer Adam Goodman, Invisible Narratives, with Bay to produce and Adam Mason to direct.

SAG-AFTRA, in its Do Not Work Order, told members that “At A Lark Productions, LLC, the producer of the image titled Singing bird, was unable to complete the signing process, and therefore is not signed with any applicable SAG-AFTRA agreements. As such, SAG-AFTRA members are instructed to retain acting services or perform any covered work for this production until further notice from the union. Please note that you accept employment or provide services in Singing bird may be considered a violation of Global Rule One. Violation of this order may result in disciplinary action in accordance with the SAG-AFTRA Constitution. “

Union Global Rule One states that “No member shall provide any service or make an agreement to provide services to any employer who has not executed a basic minimum agreement with the union, which is in full force and effect, in any jurisdiction in which exists is a valid national SAG-AFTRA collective bargaining agreement. This provision applies worldwide. “