![]() ![]() The full details of the agreement are expected to be released on Friday.Henderson suggests a “mid-2022” release date for the expansion, adding that it will likely be paid content. On the studio side, some warned that SAG-AFTRA’s demands would outlaw some post-production VFX work that is already standard procedure. The union and the studios spent a lot of time working out details of the replication of background actors. Under the final agreement, an AI consent can cover more than one project, but those projects must be spelled out in the contract, Crabtree-Ireland said. But his contract would not be permitted to allow the studio to keep replicating him infinitely in future “Indiana Jones” films. So Harrison Ford could agree to use of AI on a particular “Indiana Jones” film. ![]() SAG-AFTRA also sought to limit AI consents to a single project. And according to Crabtree-Ireland, they won. SAG-AFTRA’s negotiators fought back against that. But with the advent of AI, a studio could - in theory - make a brand-new Western starring a digital version of John Wayne, also without his estate’s approval. So when a studio makes a biopic, with an actor portraying a famous person, it does not have to get permission from the famous person’s estate. But while that covers commercial endorsements, it does not cover “expressive works” like movies or TV shows. Under California law, the estates of dead actors can control the use of the actors’ names and likenesses for 70 years after death. The union also won a consent requirement for the use of dead actors’ images. The WGA got an agreement to disagree, and the right to fight out the issue in the courts or in future contract negotiations.īut in the case of SAG-AFTRA, the union did get protection against the use of recognizable physical features in synthetic performances. ![]() Neither union got the blanket restrictions against that kind of training that they were looking for. For actors, the result might be a synthetic performer who bears no resemblance to a living person, but was nevertheless built out of pieces of real performances. Their scripts or performances could be fed into an AI training database, and used to create “new” work. But it was even more urgent - and more complicated - for the actors.īoth unions feared the ways in which their work could be turned against them. I really believe our members will feel safe and protected with what we got.”ĪI was also key to the Writers Guild of America negotiations. “That was the thing we needed to get right,” she said. Many fear that if they could, studios would not hesitate to replace them with digital versions of themselves.Ĭaitlin Dulany, a member of the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee, said the AI provisions are the “crowning achievement” of the new contract. For actors, it threatens their control over their own performances, and potentially their livelihoods. “If you’re using Brad Pitt’s smile and Jennifer Aniston’s eyes, both would have a right of consent,” said Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the union’s chief negotiator.ĪI became the dominant topic in the strike over the last 10 days. ![]()
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