{"id":35378,"date":"2023-09-01T00:41:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T00:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/01\/adam-driver-criticizes-netflix-and-amazon-for-role-in-sag-aftra-strike\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T00:41:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T00:41:40","slug":"adam-driver-criticizes-netflix-and-amazon-for-role-in-sag-aftra-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/01\/adam-driver-criticizes-netflix-and-amazon-for-role-in-sag-aftra-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Driver Criticizes Netflix and Amazon for Role in SAG-AFTRA Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3377551\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:149.85714285714%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Adam Driver.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Stefania D&#8217;Alessandro\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/adam-driver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Adam Driver<\/strong> <\/a>shared his frustration with the big streaming services that are not cooperating with the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is it that a smaller distribution company like Neon and STX International can meet the dream demands of what SAG is asking for \u2014 this is pre-negotiations \u2014 the dream version of SAG\u2019s wishlist, but a big company like Netflix and Amazon can\u2019t,\u201d Driver, 39, said during a Thursday, August 31, press conference at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/pigeon-crashes-venice-film-festival-red-carpet-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Venice Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cEvery time people from SAG go and support a movie that has agreed to these terms \u2013 the interim agreement \u2013 it just makes it more obvious that these people are willing to support the people that they collaborate with, and the others are not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Driver is one of the few A-list stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/why-actors-are-attending-venice-film-festival-amid-the-sag-aftra-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attending the film festival<\/a> this year, which began on Wednesday, August 30, and will run up until Saturday, September 9. The attendees were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/sag-aftra-strike-breaking-down-the-most-burning-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">granted an interim waiver<\/a> by the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/movies-allowed-to-keep-filming-amid-wga-sag-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">independent movie projects<\/a> amid the ongoing strike.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/celebrities-who-are-on-the-sag-aftra-strike-picket-lines-pics\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/celebrities-who-are-on-the-sag-aftra-strike-picket-lines-pics-Amy-Adams-Elizabeth-Banks.jpg?crop=0px%2C37px%2C1600px%2C905px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"See Amy Adams, Elizabeth Banks and More Stars on the SAG-AFTRA Picket Line\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/celebrities-who-are-on-the-sag-aftra-strike-picket-lines-pics-Amy-Adams-Elizabeth-Banks.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/celebrities-who-are-on-the-sag-aftra-strike-picket-lines-pics\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span>See Amy Adams, Elizabeth Banks and More Stars on the SAG-AFTRA Picket Line<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe biggest names in Hollywood are showing their support for the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike by joining their fellow union members on the picket lines. In July, the labor union \u2014 which represents more than 160,000 TV and film actors \u2014 voted to go on strike after the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Driver\u2019s is attending the festival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/zachary-levi-reflects-on-sag-strike-restrictions-about-past-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to promote<\/a> his newest film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/everything-to-know-about-the-ferrari-biopic-starring-adam-driver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Ferrari<\/em><\/a>. The drama follows the life of Italian sports car entrepreneur, Enzo Ferrari and is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/sarah-silverman-f-king-pissed-at-actors-filming-indies-amid-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">independent film<\/a> put on by Neon and helmed by <strong>Micheal Mann<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen this opportunity came up, it seemed like [an] understanding [to[ the interim agreement,\u201d he explained at the press conference about his desire to sign on for the project. \u201cIt\u2019s a no-brainer for all these reasons why you want to support your union and I\u2019m here because of that, to support and stand in solidarity with them by showing and just further proving the point that [it] is really is about the people you make [the film] with and that\u2019s very resonant with our movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.714285714286%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3377550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Adam-Driver-Calls-Out-Netflix-and-Amazon-for-Not-Meeting-SAG-AFTRA-Strike-Demands-408.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Adam Driver Calls Out Netflix and Amazon for Not Meeting SAG-AFTRA Strike Demands 408\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Adam-Driver-Calls-Out-Netflix-and-Amazon-for-Not-Meeting-SAG-AFTRA-Strike-Demands-408.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Adam-Driver-Calls-Out-Netflix-and-Amazon-for-Not-Meeting-SAG-AFTRA-Strike-Demands-408.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Adam-Driver-Calls-Out-Netflix-and-Amazon-for-Not-Meeting-SAG-AFTRA-Strike-Demands-408.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Adam-Driver-Calls-Out-Netflix-and-Amazon-for-Not-Meeting-SAG-AFTRA-Strike-Demands-408.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Adam-Driver-Calls-Out-Netflix-and-Amazon-for-Not-Meeting-SAG-AFTRA-Strike-Demands-408.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Adam-Driver-Calls-Out-Netflix-and-Amazon-for-Not-Meeting-SAG-AFTRA-Strike-Demands-408.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Adam-Driver-Calls-Out-Netflix-and-Amazon-for-Not-Meeting-SAG-AFTRA-Strike-Demands-408.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Adam-Driver-Calls-Out-Netflix-and-Amazon-for-Not-Meeting-SAG-AFTRA-Strike-Demands-408.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Adam-Driver-Calls-Out-Netflix-and-Amazon-for-Not-Meeting-SAG-AFTRA-Strike-Demands-408.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Adam-Driver-Calls-Out-Netflix-and-Amazon-for-Not-Meeting-SAG-AFTRA-Strike-Demands-408.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Adam-Driver-Calls-Out-Netflix-and-Amazon-for-Not-Meeting-SAG-AFTRA-Strike-Demands-408.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Adam-Driver-Calls-Out-Netflix-and-Amazon-for-Not-Meeting-SAG-AFTRA-Strike-Demands-408.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), 660px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Kristy Sparow\/FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Driver also noted that while filming the independent project, members of their crew \u2014 including some of the catering staff \u2014 would step in to do some background work. He expressed how \u201cimportant\u201d it was for him \u201cto show up for\u201d those unsung heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Ferrari\u2019s release, Mann, 80, spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/features\/michael-mann-ferrari-interview-venice-festival-heat-2-1235701561\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a> about why he chose to partner with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/sag-aftra-addresses-sarah-silvermans-concerns-over-strike-filming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an independent distributor<\/a> for the movie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe origins of the movie and the content of the screenplay and the movie that you saw do not fit into the kind of film that would be embraced by the conventional studio system,\u201d Mann explained earlier this month. \u201cIt\u2019s truly appropriate that it is an independent film being distributed by Neon, a very independent distributor.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/every-cast-reunion-at-sag-strike-picket-line-this-is-us-and-more\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Aaron-Paul-Bryan-Cranston-Join-Breaking-Bad-Writer-on-Strike.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Aaron Paul Bryan Cranston Join Breaking Bad Writer on Strike\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Aaron-Paul-Bryan-Cranston-Join-Breaking-Bad-Writer-on-Strike.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/every-cast-reunion-at-sag-strike-picket-line-this-is-us-and-more\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span>Every Cast Reunion at the SAG-AFTRA Strike Picket Line<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tActors and writers of Us Weekly\u2018s favorite shows and movies have been reuniting on the picket lines amid the historic WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike. The labor dispute originally made headlines in May 2023 when the Writers Guild of America announced that their contract negotiation with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers had stalled. [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>SAG-AFTRA has been on strike since July, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/what-is-the-2023-writers-strike-how-it-affects-tv-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writer\u2019s Guild of America (WGA)<\/a> has been marching the picket lines since May. Both labor unions authorized their respective strikes due to similar issues with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) \u2014 which represents the big Hollywood studios including Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Universal and more.<\/p>\n<p>Neither group could get the AMPTP to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/billy-porter-says-he-has-to-sell-his-house-amid-ongoing-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reach an agreement<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/matt-damon-ben-affleck-offered-to-pay-jimmy-kimmel-staff-amid-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fair wages<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/stephen-ford-gets-10-cent-teen-wolf-residual-check-during-sag-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">residuals<\/a> and the use of artificial intelligence in the industry. Many stars have taken to the picket lines to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/matt-damon-margot-robbie-and-more-stars-show-support-for-the-sag-aftra-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">express their support<\/a> for their respective unions and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/will-the-wga-lose-their-homes-amid-the-strike-studios-respond-to-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fight for what they deserve<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/adam-driver-criticizes-netflix-and-amazon-for-role-in-sag-aftra-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Driver. Stefania D&#8217;Alessandro\/WireImage Adam Driver shared his frustration with the big streaming services that are not cooperating with the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. \u201cWhy is it that a smaller distribution company like Neon and STX International can meet the dream demands of what SAG is asking for \u2014 this is pre-negotiations \u2014 the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}