SAG-AFTRA Is Telling Actors Not to Work on Michael Bay's Pandemic Movie 'Songbird'

Two more stars have been added to the cast of Michael Bay‘s pandemic movie, Songbird.

Dave McNary Film ReporterKJ Apa and Sofia Carson will star in pandemic thriller “Songbird,” joining previously announced cast Demi Moore, Bradley Whitford, Craig Robinson, Jenna Ortega, Paul Walter Hauser and Peter Stormare.“Songbird” producers announced July 8 that they had launched principal photography in Los Angeles — the first film to shoot in the city since the start of coronavirus-induced lockdown.

David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA has issued a “Do Not Work” order for producer Jonathan Lopez’s series Ocean Rescue, saying that his company “is not signatory to any SAG-AFTRA agreement and has not executed a minimum basic agreement with SAG-AFTRA that is in full force and effect.”Many of these Do Not Work orders are resolved when the producers sign the union’s contract, as was the case recently with SAG-AFTRA rescinding its order on Michael Bay’s Songbird.Until then, however, the union said

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Get Out star Bradley Whitford and Jane the Virgin‘s Jenna Ortega have boarded the pandemic thriller Songbird, which begins principal photography today.The movie from former Paramount production chief Adam Goodman and former Disney exec Andrew Sugerman’s Invisible Narratives, with Catchlight Films and Michael Bay also producing, is the first feature film to shoot in Los Angeles since the COVID-19

Dave McNary Film ReporterSAG-AFTRA has rescinded its “do not work” order for the pandemic thriller “Songbird,” produced by Michael Bay.The performers union made the announcement Friday on its web site, a day after telling its members not work on the project: “SAG-AFTRA has rescinded its Do Not Work order for the feature film ‘Songbird, produced by On a Lark Productions, LLC, and members are free to work on this production effective immediately.”SAG-AFTRA did not elaborate. “Songbird” had been

Transformers producer Michael Bay has been issued with a “do not work” order over safety issues.Songbird, a movie centred on a coronavirus-style pandemic, has been given an order by the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).

pandemic-themed film produced by Michael Bay, titled “Songbird,” has received a “do not work” order from the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).The reason for the order was because “the producers have not been transparent about their safety protocols” amid the coronavirus crisis, a union rep said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter (THR).The organization told THR on Thursday that they are taking safety protocols “very seriously”

Michael Bay’s pandemic-themed thriller “Songbird” has been hit with a do not work notice.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSAG-AFTRA has told told its members to refuse work on the pandemic thriller “Songbird,” produced by Michael Bay.“Songbird” had been announced in mid-May as a low-budget production that would shoot in Los Angeles. The performers union announced the “do not work” order on Thursday for production company On A Lark Productions LLC. It said the company had failed to complete the signatory process and is therefore not signed to any applicable SAG-AFTRA agreement.

Also Read: Michael Bay Signs First Look Film and TV Deal With Sony PicturesThe film is meant to shoot using creative camera techniques so that actors would not have face-to-face interaction with one another while on camera, with actors and crew separated as filming takes place.“Songbird” is a thriller set two years in the future at a time when a global pandemic has still not gone away, leading to conspiracies, paranoia and increasingly strict quarantines and lock downs put in place all

Demi Moore has signed on to star in Songbird, the recently announced pandemic thriller that will be produced by Michael Bay.

A 2009 Megan Fox interview with Jimmy Kimmel and story about her Transformers audition resurfaced this week and sparked widespread concern that Fox was preyed upon by director Michael Bay.In the Jimmy Kimmel interview, a then 23-year-old Fox discussed her Bad Boys II cameo, saying, "We’re shooting this club scene and they brought me in and I was wearing a stars and stripes bikini and a red cowboy hat and like six-inch heels…and he [Bay] approved it and they said, 'You know, Michael, she’s 15 so

After a 2009 interview resurfaced on social media that featured Megan Fox talking to Jimmy Kimmel about a scene she shot for the Michael Bay-directed movie Bad Boys II, the actress has posted a lengthy statement on Instagram to clarify her working relationship with the director.

Setting the record straight. Megan Fox’s reaction to Michael Bay and Jimmy Kimmel’s underage sexualization controversy clarifies what really happened to the star. Fans were concerned after a 2009 interview from Jimmy Kimmel Live! resurfaced, showing host Kimmel, 52, joking about director Bay, 55, for casting the now-34-year-old actress in a sexualized scene. She was only 15 at the time.

Megan Fox has insisted she was never “preyed upon” by Michael Bay, after an interview, she gave in 2009 about her experiences working with the director-led to some fans calling for him to be canceled.During a chat on Jimmy Kimmel Live! back in 2009, Megan recalled the process of starring as an extra in Bad Boys II, saying at the time: “I had just turned 15 and I was an extra in Bad Boys II.

Bad Boys II and Transformers. In case you missed it, here's what's going on. A 2009 interview Fox did with started circulating again on In it, she describes being an extra during a club scene in Bad Boys II, where she wore a “stars and stripes bikini” and “six-inch heels." She was only 15 at the time, so she couldn't be seated at the bar or holding a drink.

Megan Fox has released a statement in response to fans calling attention to Michael Bay's sexualizing her at a young age. Fans pointed out how Megan's career suffered because she spoke out.Over the weekend, a 2009 interview between Megan Fox and Jimmy Kimmel resurfaced on Twitter, during which Megan said director Michael Bay had her dance under a waterfall in a bikini and heels on set of Bad Boys 2 when she was just 15 years old.