Regarding The Last of Us upcoming second season, Craig Mazin has offered some good news.
In January, the Last of Us, the dystopian thriller television series that is based on the same-named computer game debuted. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey play survivors of a devastating global fungal virus that wiped out humanity 20 years earlier in this film.
The Last of Us is one of many projects that have been on a development hiatus as a result of the Hollywood strikes, despite being renewed for season two almost immediately after the popularity of its debut episode.
The showrunner of the Last of Us, Mazin, revealed in a recent interview that the team will be prepared to resume production as soon as the strikes are over because important season-related advancements were made before work stopped.
Since May 2, 11,500 TV and movie writers and script editors on the Last of Us, who are members of the WGA union have been on strike.
Sag-Aftra, the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, also started picketing on July 14 and demanded, among other things, more equitable pay rates and restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
Hollywood has essentially shut down as a result, with no union members able to film, write, or promote any projects for a company that the protesting groups are protesting.
Without breaking the strike’s restrictions, Mazin has been able to retain certain crew members employed throughout this time. The team won’t be able to start filming the new season of The Last of Us on the originally scheduled dates.
The companies’ failure to accede to the unions’ demands during the Hollywood strike has hampered the creation of various projects. It is believed to have played a role in the cancellation of numerous TV shows that were once expected to return for many seasons.
Both The Peripheral, starring Chloe Grace Moretz, and the queer women’s baseball comedy-drama A League of Their Own were cancelled last week, despite second seasons having been acquired by Amazon Prime Video.
Other productions aside the Last of Us impacted by the strikes
Major movies now in development, such as the Avatar and Gladiator sequels, appear to be at risk of being impacted by Hollywood actors going on strike.
Red-carpet premieres of promotional events like the Disney movie Haunted Mansion, which will be released later this month, may also be impacted.
There is a chance that events like the Emmys and Comic-Con will be postponed or reduced back.
At midnight in LA, almost 160,000 performers ceased working in the largest industry shutdown in more than 60 years. Picketing will start outside of Netflix’s California offices on Friday morning and then move to Paramount, Warner Bros., and Disney.
Most US film and television projects came to a halt after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced a similar strike action.
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is urging the top streaming services to accept a more equitable profit split and improved working conditions.
Additionally, it aims to safeguard actors against being replaced by digital clones.
The union wants assurances that actors won’t be replaced by computer-generated looks and voices or artificial intelligence (AI).
Actors are unable to work during the strike and are even unable to promote their own films.
Other projects that could be impacted include the Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman-starring Deadpool 3 as well as the Beetlejuice sequel from Tim Burton and the Wicked movie.
The Second Season of Netflix’s The Sandman, Family Guy, and The Simpsons on Fox, as well as HBO’s The Last of Us and House of the Dragon, could also be impacted by the strike.
The strike was announced on Thursday night as actors Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, and Emily Blunt departed the London premiere of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
Christopher Nolan, the film’s director, informed the theater crowd that they were “off to write their picket signs” and said he supported them in their fight.
The strike will make a significant amount of work for movies in production difficult. Actors won’t be available for reshoots or other crucial steps in the filmmaking process, even when filming has already been finished.
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TV series that are still in production would likewise mainly have to cease, but in certain situations, producers and actors may strike side agreements to keep things moving.