Jim_Hall wrote:I saw from one of the exec biggies that if the actor/writer strikes go on up till September it could be a complete collapse for the film industry.
Posted this in the Random Thoughts on Media Page:
Network executive Barry Diller, whom I remember from the Sci-Fi Channel days, had a suggestion for resolving the writers and actors' strike. He said that all top-paid executives and actors should take a 25 percent paycut (so Tom Cruise would only get $75 million instead of $100 million for a MISSION IMPOSSIBLE movie) to pay more to lower-waged actors. I don't know enough about this to say if this sounds fair and reasonable or if this is a sound-byte that is only superficially suited.
https://deadline.com/2023/07/barry-dill … 235439384/
I've read that studios want to pay extras for one day's work in digitizing their bodies and likenesses for CG crowds which studios want to use indefinitely. I think that if a studio is going to get a lifetime of work out of that extra, that extra should get a lifetime of pay, but I suspect a reasonable rate would be a lifetime of full-time minimum wage pay that they could continue to earn passively while doing something else to bring in more income.
I can see their complaints concerning their digitalized scanned bodies/likenesses. Even if they were paid a huge one-time lump sum of money, for most people it wouldn't be worth it. It could be used for anything under the sun, sexually, politically, you name it. There should be laws set it place for this, but I guess if you have a lifetime contract up front, it won't matter.
It's impressive what Tom Cruise does in his movies. He pretty much does all of his stunts even putting his life in his own hands but who needs $100 million dollars? It's possible he donates a lot of it to charity, etc. But still we're talking $100 million and this is only 1, just 1 of his movies. Should he receive top dollar for the insane amount of work? Yeah. But I'd agree with Dillner that money could be spread over to lower paid people.
But you should earn what you work for and not be given a hand out for shoddy work either. These executives and actors being paid millions year after year is out of hand and it's not just in Hollywood. It's in your big box businesses as well. There shouldn't be a law against getting paid millions after millions. It should be a moral law to know and act upon wages realizing that there's other people out there that are struggling immensely in life due to no regard of their own.
