Popular actress Jenna Ortega has been “banned” from becoming Wednesday Addams in a startling turn of events.
Actress Jenna Ortega made a star turn last year Wednesday on Netflix. Visionary director Tim Burton directed the film. Wednesday It focuses on the classic Addams Family character, Wednesday Addams.
Ortega Wednesday has become one of the most popular shows in streaming history, boasting only the second-highest number of pre-release subscribers on the streaming service behind Henry Cavill’s show. The Witcher, and eventually debuted at number one in 83 countries around the world during its November 2022 release. It also surpassed Stranger Things as the most watched show in its first week of release, with over 340 million hours watched.
Starring Ortega. Wednesday also includes Gwendoline Christie (Star Wars. Episode VII – The Force Awakens) as Larissa Weems, Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago) as Morticia Addams and Christina Ricci (Yellow Jackets) as Marilyn Thornhill/Laurel Gates. In January 2023 Wednesday has been renewed for a second season, but when work on that second season can begin is anyone’s guess thanks to the current strike sweeping the United States.
Effective July 14, 2023, after various negotiations, the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) decided that a strike must take place to support the future of the entertainment industry. The SAG-AFTRA strike, which focuses on the industry’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) as well as other factors such as the world of streaming and residual payments, marks the first time since 1980 that film and television actors have gone on strike at the same time.
The SAG-AFTRA strike came shortly after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) also announced a strike, which has since ended.
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After months of negotiations on behalf of actors and performers, SAG-AFTRA caused a stir when it published a specific set of rules regarding actors dressing up as certain characters from affected works.
The original recommendations were released Wednesday by SAG-AFTRA. The Hollywood Reporter reported that “the union is banning actors from dressing up as popular characters from affected content and then posting the images on social media.” I further add, “This means that some of the most popular Halloween costumes this year, such as Barbie and Wednesday Addams, are prohibited.”
Essentially, this rule prohibits actors from becoming their own Halloween characters, as well as other characters, such as characters from a Margot Robbie film. Barbie (2023) are also prohibited. The union has now clarified its comments with an update after various figures in Hollywood raised concerns about SAG-AFTRA’s decision to focus on Halloween costume guidelines rather than return to the negotiating table with the studios.
“SAG-AFTRA released the Halloween Guide in response to questions from content creators and members about how to support the strike during this holiday season. This was done to help them avoid strike propaganda and is the latest in a series of guides we have produced. This does not apply to anyone’s children,” SAG-AFTRA wrote in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. The last comment confirms Dead Pool Franchise star Ryan Reynolds joked that he called his children “scabs” for dressing up as certain characters.
“We are on strike for important reasons and have been for almost 100 days. “Our number one priority remains getting the studios back to the table so we can get a fair deal for our members and finally get our industry back to work,” the statement said.
Currently, there is no end in sight to SAG-AFTRA’s negotiations with studios, meaning shows like Wednesday won’t be back yet.
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As for Jenna Ortega, Scream (2022) the actress will also star next year Beetlejuice 2 (2024) as the daughter of Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder), also from director Tim Burton. Over the last few weeks the anticipation Beetlejuice 2 rose, even going so far as to be more popular than the next big blockbuster and The Walt Disney Company’s live-action film remake, Snow White (2024) starring Rachel Zegler (West Side Story, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes).
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