'Pretty scary summer' for Victoria film industry amid labour disputes

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On Thursday, the 160,000-strong actors union SAG-AFTRA announced it would go on strike, two months after writers hit the picket lines

Victoria’s film commissioner says capital region film industry workers are facing “a pretty scary summer” after a second Hollywood union joined the picket lines this week.

Around 2,000 people directly and indirectly employed by Victoria’s film industry — which heavily depends on Hollywood money — will be affected by the strikes, including local actors and film-adjacent industries such as caterers, film commissioner Kathleen Gilbert said. The second season of Syfy TV show Reginald the Vampire, one of only two productions set to shoot in Victoria this summer for American networks, wrapped up their production earlier than usual in anticipation of the strike, Gilbert said.

 

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