Halloween is coming early this year, as Blumhouse and AMC Theatres have partnered to launch the Halfway To Halloween Film Festival, which will take place at over 100 AMC theaters in 40 U.S. cities from March 29 to April 2.
26.02.2024 - 04:45 / deadline.com
Nearly 74 years after the Producers Guild of America was formed, its members tonight learned they finally be getting closer to getting healthcare coverage.
PGA presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line just announced at the trade organization’s annual Award ceremony Sunday that the group has launched an initiative to eventually see every health insurance benefits for all full-time producers in the film and TV biz.
“Producers, unlike unionized creative professionals in the industry, lack guaranteed health insurance benefits,” Allain and De Line said on-stage at the PGA Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza. “Until now,” Allain declared.
“No one should go without these essential benefits. Producing is challenging enough without the added anxiety of wondering how you are going to obtain health coverage for you and your family.”
On this long march towards achieving industry consensus and providing coverage, which Allain and De Line call a “ground breaking step,” the PGA says powerhouses Blumhouse, Legendary, Charles D. King’s MACRO and Berlanti Productions have already signed on and pledged to include health insurance contributions in their budgets. “Producers are the only group of creative professionals without a union on set, so we have to look out for each other,” noted Jason Blum this evening. “Taking care of our own is good business, good for families and good for our industry, and I’m proud to be part of the group leading this initiative,” the Blumhouse CEO and founder added.
Taking a multi-prong stance with what is essentially a non-binding approach, the PGA is looking for companies, streamers and studios to contribute to the Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plan for eligible producers. If MPI isn’t
Halloween is coming early this year, as Blumhouse and AMC Theatres have partnered to launch the Halfway To Halloween Film Festival, which will take place at over 100 AMC theaters in 40 U.S. cities from March 29 to April 2.
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William Earl The Producers Guild of America used the platform of its annual awards ceremony Sunday to launch a drive to help secure health insurance coverage for Hollywood’s working producers. The guild is asking studios, streamers and other large-scale content companies to help fund health insurance for “qualified producers” through line items in TV and film production budgets. PGA presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line unveiled the health care initiative during their address to the audience at the Hollywood & Highland’s Ray Dolby Ballroom.
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