Producers of Surviving the Cartel hope to raise more than $130,000 in an audition contest for 33 roles on the yet-to-be-produced streaming TV series. The producers at 1265 Films call their online contest “hybrid casting” but insist that it’s not an illegal “pay to play” scheme because actors who hope to be voted onto the series – at $3.50 a vote – cannot vote for themselves, though their friends and family members can, as many as 50 times each.
On Monday, SAG-AFTRA, which had expressed concern about the show’s casting model, issued a “Do Not Work Notice,” telling members that they cannot work on the show. The company says the series, a survival story told from three different perspectives, will shoot this summer and air on its own pay-per-view platform.
According to the terms and conditions of the online audition contest, after actors submit their audition videos, their supporters can vote for them, with...
On Monday, SAG-AFTRA, which had expressed concern about the show’s casting model, issued a “Do Not Work Notice,” telling members that they cannot work on the show. The company says the series, a survival story told from three different perspectives, will shoot this summer and air on its own pay-per-view platform.
According to the terms and conditions of the online audition contest, after actors submit their audition videos, their supporters can vote for them, with...
- 3/23/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
SAG-AFTRA has issued a “Do Not Work Notice” for the streaming TV series Surviving the Cartel, telling its members not to work on the show that uses a “hybrid” form of casting in which many of the guest-starring roles will be determined by an online popularity vote.
A producer on the show said that “the audience picking the actors has not been welcomed by SAG.”
The show’s production company, 1265 Films LLC, has not signed the union’s contract. “Therefore, all SAG-AFTRA members are hereby informed that no member may accept work or appear on (this) production,” the union said today in a message to its members. “Violating this order may result in disciplinary action in accordance with the SAG-AFTRA Constitution.”
The company says the series, a survival story told from three different perspectives, will shoot this summer and air on its own pay-per-view platform. It originally intended to employ union and nonunion actors,...
A producer on the show said that “the audience picking the actors has not been welcomed by SAG.”
The show’s production company, 1265 Films LLC, has not signed the union’s contract. “Therefore, all SAG-AFTRA members are hereby informed that no member may accept work or appear on (this) production,” the union said today in a message to its members. “Violating this order may result in disciplinary action in accordance with the SAG-AFTRA Constitution.”
The company says the series, a survival story told from three different perspectives, will shoot this summer and air on its own pay-per-view platform. It originally intended to employ union and nonunion actors,...
- 3/22/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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