Fox likely to push Emmys to January due to actors, writers strikes: reports

January is going to be slightly busier than normal. With the SAG and WGA strikes currently still ongoing, it was only a matter of time before the Television Academy and this year’s Emmy broadcast partner, FOX, moved the ceremony out of its originally scheduled Sept.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The Emmys officially have a new date: Fox and the Television Academy were set to announce this morning that the 75th Emmy Awards will shift to Monday, January 15, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.

With Hollywood’s leading writers’, actors’, and TV/film professionals’ unions on strike together for the first time in more than half a century, the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony has been postponed, Variety reported exclusively last night (July 27) and multiple outlets have since confirmed. The event was originally scheduled to take place September 18, and no makeup date is currently on the books, though Variety reported earlier this month that Fox (the Emmys’ airers) was preparing to reschedule the awards to January 2024 in anticipation of the setback.

Sony has removed the highly anticipated Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse from its release schedule, according to reports.Per Variety, Sony has delayed multiple movies like Kraven The Hunter and a sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife, while completely removing Beyond The Spider-Verse from its roster, effectively delaying the already-in-development film indefinitely.Beyond The Spider-Verse was originally scheduled for release in March 2024, but was halted due to the ongoing writers and actors strike in Hollywood. According to reports from Variety, the film’s voice cast were unable to complete dialogue recording before the strikes commenced and union’s work stoppage orders kicked in.According to Variety‘s report, a revised release date is expected to be announced in “the coming weeks”.The Aaron Taylor-Johnson-led Kraven The Hunter has also been pushed back from October 2023 to August next year, while the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife is being delayed from December 20, 2023 until late March 2024.Meanwhile, films like Venom 3 and Bad Boys 4 have received their first release dates.

Dave Coulier’s new podcast, “Full House Rewind”, is stopping in its tracks amid the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.

2023 Emmy Awards are no longer taking place on Monday, Sept. 18, as was originally planned.

The nominees for the 2023 Emmy Awards will be waiting a while to find out if they are winners.

The Locarno Film Festival has clarified the situation with regards to which invited  SAG-AFTRA members will be attending.

Studios are seemingly investing a lot of money in AI and a job post at Netflix shows the streamer is looking to fill an AI Producer Manager role that could pay up to $900K a year.

, the long-running trivia-based game show, may be in real jeopardy this coming season. Several champions who were expected to participate in the annual Tournament of Champions have announced that they will not cross the picket line if the 2023 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike continues into the fall.

Kristin Bell admitted this week that her two daughters sometimes order non-alcoholic beer because they connect it to "something special, something daddy." "My kids have ordered non-alcoholic beers at restaurants before," the "Frozen" star revealed to Kelly Clarkson on her show after the host said that her daughter once grabbed a champagne glass from her as a baby and took a sip. The 43-year-old explained that her husband Dax Shepard, who is a recovering addict, used to drink non-alcoholic beer while the two of them would walk their daughters around their neighborhood as babies.

Jeopardy! is shaking up its pattern due to the writers strike.

Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions is the latest series to be hit by the writers strike.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone will not be attending the closing night of this year’s Outfest LA, where they were set to receive the James Schamus Ally Award. The couple was expected to be on hand for the July 23 event at The Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood, but their rep tells Variety that will not make an appearance due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. “We understand that Melissa and Ben are unable to join us for our closing night due to the strike,” Outfest executive director Damien S. Navarro said in a statement Thursday afternoon. “We will miss them, as our closing night will be a wonderful celebration of our community.”

Writers Guild of America West members paid more dues than ever before on record earnings in the year before the ongoing strike, although a good part of that may be due to a speed-up in pre-strike production.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday stepped up her rhetoric on the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, calling for “a fair and equitable solution” in contract negotiations for both sides.“Los Angeles is experiencing a summer of struggle to make ends meet,” Bass said in a statement. “Whether you’re a writer who has been on strike for more than 72 days or an actor who has been on strike for 72 hours, wages and health benefits to afford housing, food and the basic necessities to survive should be a minimum requirement in discussions.”She added that “a strong business sector is essential for our city to become affordable for working families once again,” noting that the Los Angeles is facing “a historic inflection point” as the entertainment industry experiences economic pressure and business uncertainty.“A fair and equitable solution must be reached,” Bass said, adding that “in all industries — education, hospitality, goods delivery or entertainment — Angelenos deserve fair contracts.”Meanwhile, California Gov.

Watch Below: Fran Drescher Explains The 2023 Actors StrikeTwo separate strikes are currently affecting Hollywood and the broader film and media industry. The 2023 Writers Guild of America went on strike on May 2, 2023, over an ongoing labour dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The strike is still ongoing and is the first official writers strike in 15 years.On July 13 the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (Sag-Aftra) also announced that they were formally on strike, joining writers who had been striking for weeks. This marks the first time in 63 years that Hollywood writers and actors are striking simultaneously. This marks the first time in 63 years that Hollywood writers and actors are striking simultaneously.The Writers Guild of America are demanding higher wages and an overhaul of the residual payment process to reflect the modern age of streaming content. The advent of streaming has dramatically shifted how audiences consume entertainment and streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video are generating more titles than ever before. This increase in market size has seen a collective decline in pay for writers during a time when the cost of living is increasing. Like the writers' strike, one of the main concerns of Hollywood's acting strike is the payment of residuals in the age of streaming and the union is demanding residuals to be partly based on viewership levels on streaming services.

San Diego Comic-Con had Hall H had been reserved two Saturdays from now for a presentation by Legendary, which I hear was to strut out Dune: Part Two and the studio’s next Monsterverse movie. However, that’s not happening now due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Sophia Scorziello editor “Deadpool 3” has stopped filming as the SAG-AFTRA strike gets underway, with performers joining Writers Guild of America members on the picket lines. The Marvel sequel is one of the first major productions to be impacted by the new strike. News of the production suspension comes only days after “Deadpool 3” provided audiences with a first look at the set, releasing a photograph of stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman suited up as Deadpool and Wolverine, respectively. News also recently broke that Jennifer Garner would appear in the film as Elektra, having previously starred in the role in 2003’s “Daredevil” and the 2005 spinoff film “Elektra.”

actors who have chosen to strike along with the WGA.“During this critical and difficult time for our industry, the Directors Guild strongly supports the actors who will be on strike beginning tomorrow. We are proud to stand with actors and writers in their fight to win agreements that address their unique and important concerns, just as they supported us in our negotiations.