sophie long with the latest on the strike action. the last time that both the actors and writers were on strike at the same time was in the 19605 when ronald reagan was president, not of america, but of the screen actors guild. they will go on strike tomorrow when the writers walked out nearly two months ago, they brought a halt too much of the production in hollywood. now the actors arejoining production in hollywood. now the actors are joining them, that would bring in almost complete halt to the whole industry. that will cost the california economy ten5 industry. that will cost the california economy tens of millions of dollars every day. it will mean financial hardship for many people working in industry 5till for many people working in industry still recovering from the pandemic and a major delay to shooting schedule5 the pandemic and a major delay to shooting schedules and the releases of films and television series. figs releases of films and television series. , te
get affected? yeah, things like that third season of get affected? yeah, things like that third season of white - that third season of white lotus, which was due 5lated that third season of white lotus, which was due slated to be filmed in thailand, that will be delayed from a gladiator i5 will be delayed from a gladiator is another one that was due to be shot in morocco all sorts of film premieres a5 all sorts of film premieres as it s notjust production it s not just production commits it s notjust production commits press, everything will come to a halt. the organisation that represents the studios, they said the chief negotiators are walking away from what they called a historic offer on pay and a hi5toric offer on pay and a ground breaking proposal that would protect actors from the emergence from al. at a news conference in the last couple of hours, the president, fran drescher, 5aid of hours, the president, fran drescher, said the only thing that was hi5toric about the offer f