For the first time in more than 60 years, SAG-AFTRA will join the WGA in the first double strike since Ronald Reagan led the Guild. It will shut down all film and TV productions that were still moving forward despite the WGA strike, including all promotional events for films and TV shows premiering now or in the near future.
But back in Sun Valley… many of the leaders of those same studios are attending an annual conference that has them flying in on private jets that create a life-sized version of Tetris for the local Friedman Memorial Airport, riding in golf carts from one part of the resort to another, biking into town and being chauffeured in black Escalades. …
The invite-only annual conference has been dubbed “summer camp for billionaires,” with Allen & Co. bringing in tons of infrastructure to cater to their high-profile guests. Attendees at this year’s conference include Disney CEO Bob Iger, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, and Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, who all should be feeling the strain of a double strike.
That, however, doesn’t seem to be the case.