Questions, Answers and a bit of info
One of our favorite actresses wrote to ask whether a show in fact could be switched from one union to another after the pilot is shot. The answer, we’ve been told, is that it is possible, though it doesn’t happen often.
One of the ways it can happen is that if the pilot is shot AFTRA digital and the decision is made to shoot the series on film. AFTRA doesn’t do film. So the AFTRA pilot could become a SAG-picked up series. We’ve been told that there are other scenarios under which it’s theoretically possible to switch – but that such switches are extremely rare.
Now, that promised bit of info. We’ve heard that even Snowmageddon-3, the storm that has blasted the East Coast, will not stop the move back towards coordinated or even joint SAG-AFTRA negotiations on TV-Theatrical/Exhibit A. The AFTRA Board meeting will go on this weekend, despite up to two feet of snow that has made it impossible for some of the directors to make it to the session tomorrow.
