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Dune Part 2 2023 (24, 25, 26...)
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WB forcing Sisterhood of Dune actors and writers to continue to work under UK anti strike laws that can result in them being sued if they strike. SAG has said they will allow people under those UK contracts to work.
https://deadline.com/2023/07/dune-tv-show-production-continues-through-strikes-1235437777/
https://deadline.com/2023/07/dune-tv-show-production-continues-through-strikes-1235437777/
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It says it in article. The contracts are UK based and subject to UK law which has strong strike breaking legislation and anyone striking can be sued.
Dune Comic Con panels cancelled due to the strike
https://collider.com/dune-2-san-diego-comic-con-panel-cancelled/
https://collider.com/dune-2-san-diego-comic-con-panel-cancelled/
At this point, I expect most of Comic Con to be canceled aside from floor activities.
There's video games at CC? I also thought it's basically movies/shows, merchandise and comics. There's a section for video games now too?
I expected this since the strike began and i don't think it will be resolved soon as both sides have much at stake - for the actors and writers it's the core of their livelihood and for the studios their profits. I hope the actors and writers are successful and get their fair share of the profits.
That's something I've been wondering about. They can technically still screen trailers, can't they? Granted, without actors or writers the two hours or whatever that's set aside for the panels are going to be rather empty if all they do is screen a trailer that'll only last two or three minutes. Unless they can get some producers or directors who are not writers or actors, but good luck with that.
If you can only half ass it at best why do it at all and go through the hassle and expense ( and invite negative publicity)? Most of the potential audience also don't care about Comic Con panels and those that do will watch the movie either way, with or without Comic Con.
This whole thing bemuses me. The science fiction conventions we've had here that aren't some commercial thing like Comic-Con have been dedicated to writing - as in novels, short stories, editing, artwork, publishing, etc. The only time I ever attended a fan event where an actor appeared was in 1979 that wasn't a real convention; it was a "Star Trek festival" and they invited George Takei to the Calgary one and Walter Koenig to the Edmonton one.
So I got to go to the Calgary one. I did not get to meet George Takei (though he gave a very gracious speech, thanking the fans for helping to keep Star Trek alive all those years). I was coming down with the flu that day, and by the time autograph lines were forming, I was so sick that I could barely stand.
The next-closest to an actor we ever had at a convention here (fan-run convention, not the commercial ones) was JMS. He brought the Babylon 5 bloopers with him, and seeing those are what prompted me to finally watch the series.
Otherwise, it's always been writers - novelists, short story writers, essayists, and in addition to those listed earlier, they sometimes had tracks of science programming - astronomy in the year that Shoemaker-Levy 9 broke up and pummeled Jupiter, and one year there was a track of programming on paleontology. They'd invited Dr. Phil Currie from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology to do it. That place is a world-class paleontology museum and active research facility, so getting him to come to a science fiction convention was a big deal.
So I can't really relate to a situation of "the actors are on strike, the screenwriters are on strike, what are we going to do NOW?"
The people who write novels and short stories surely aren't on strike (unless they belong to the union that is striking).
So I got to go to the Calgary one. I did not get to meet George Takei (though he gave a very gracious speech, thanking the fans for helping to keep Star Trek alive all those years). I was coming down with the flu that day, and by the time autograph lines were forming, I was so sick that I could barely stand.
The next-closest to an actor we ever had at a convention here (fan-run convention, not the commercial ones) was JMS. He brought the Babylon 5 bloopers with him, and seeing those are what prompted me to finally watch the series.
Otherwise, it's always been writers - novelists, short story writers, essayists, and in addition to those listed earlier, they sometimes had tracks of science programming - astronomy in the year that Shoemaker-Levy 9 broke up and pummeled Jupiter, and one year there was a track of programming on paleontology. They'd invited Dr. Phil Currie from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology to do it. That place is a world-class paleontology museum and active research facility, so getting him to come to a science fiction convention was a big deal.
So I can't really relate to a situation of "the actors are on strike, the screenwriters are on strike, what are we going to do NOW?"
The people who write novels and short stories surely aren't on strike (unless they belong to the union that is striking).
Trailers are still an important part of Comic Con. It's the whole reason we had the virtual Comic Con during the pandemic. Granted, that was also augment by virtual panels in which the actors and producers attended via Zoom.
Regardless, there have likely already been trailers done up with the intent of having them released at Comic Con. I imagine they're still going to be released next week regardless, so they might as well be screened at Comic Con.
Because like it or not San Diego Comic Con is too big and needs big names to attract crowds. Unless it's George RR Martin reading excerpts from the finished next GoT book that is about to be released and answering questions people will not line up and fill the big halls for a panel for a SF/Fantasy novel writer.
The movie/TV Show entertainment industry has far eclipsed literature in terms of size and interest and big events like these can't remain this big without attracting big (and paying) crowds.
Maybe more comic book stuff.
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