SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, is attending New York Comic Con on Oct. 14 for the panel “AI in Entertainment: The Performer’s Perspective.”
The event comes in the wake of Crabtree-Ireland’s appearance at San Diego Comic-Con, soon after the actors strike began in mid-July, where he led a panel for voiceover actors, discussing their rights, as well as a pitstop at the Toronto International Film Festival where he had both a sitdown, and a teamed picket with Canada’s commercial actors who’ve been suffering a long contract lockout.
The news of Crabtree-Ireland’s Nycc appearance in ten days is, of course, coming as the SAG-AFTRA Chief Negotiator is today back at the bargaining table with the CEO Gang of Four –Universal’s Donna Langley, Disney’s Bob Iger, Warner Bros’ David Zaslav and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos– in pursuit of a new three-year...
The event comes in the wake of Crabtree-Ireland’s appearance at San Diego Comic-Con, soon after the actors strike began in mid-July, where he led a panel for voiceover actors, discussing their rights, as well as a pitstop at the Toronto International Film Festival where he had both a sitdown, and a teamed picket with Canada’s commercial actors who’ve been suffering a long contract lockout.
The news of Crabtree-Ireland’s Nycc appearance in ten days is, of course, coming as the SAG-AFTRA Chief Negotiator is today back at the bargaining table with the CEO Gang of Four –Universal’s Donna Langley, Disney’s Bob Iger, Warner Bros’ David Zaslav and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos– in pursuit of a new three-year...
- 10/4/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Central Casting is responding to online chatter about its 20-year-old photo release form, which has suddenly drawn the ire of SAG-AFTRA members who worry that background actors are signing away control of their digital likeness.
At a time when both SAG-AFTRA and WGA have legitimate concerns about the increased use of AI and generative technology in Hollywood, actors have been bristling about the wording in the agreement, which Central Casting requires from everyone who relies on their service to find jobs. Central Casting specializes in casting extras, body doubles and stand-ins.
Actors have shared screenshots of the agreement on X, along with warnings not to sign it. Here’s what the agreement says: “I authorize Central Casting to photograph, video tape, or use any other electronic method of recording my image, appearance, likeness, voice, or actions to be used at Central Casting’s discretion in any medium,...
At a time when both SAG-AFTRA and WGA have legitimate concerns about the increased use of AI and generative technology in Hollywood, actors have been bristling about the wording in the agreement, which Central Casting requires from everyone who relies on their service to find jobs. Central Casting specializes in casting extras, body doubles and stand-ins.
Actors have shared screenshots of the agreement on X, along with warnings not to sign it. Here’s what the agreement says: “I authorize Central Casting to photograph, video tape, or use any other electronic method of recording my image, appearance, likeness, voice, or actions to be used at Central Casting’s discretion in any medium,...
- 8/31/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The perils of artificial intelligence to the entertainment industry came to San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, with SAG-AFTRA national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland joining a panel of voice actors organized by Nava, the National Association of Voice Actors, to discuss the specific hazards AI is already posing to the profession.
“We’ve got to reject the idea that this is just something that’s going to happen to us and we can’t say anything about it,” Crabtree-Ireland said at the outset of the panel, about whether AI could devastate the entertainment industry. “I think it definitely could, the question is whether we’re going to let that happen.”
Along with Crabtree-Ireland and moderator and Nava board member Linsay Rousseau (“God of War: Ragnarok”), the panel, which played to a standing-room only audience, consisted of Ashly Burch (“Mythic Quest”), Cissy Jones (“The Owl House”), SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee member Zeke Alton...
“We’ve got to reject the idea that this is just something that’s going to happen to us and we can’t say anything about it,” Crabtree-Ireland said at the outset of the panel, about whether AI could devastate the entertainment industry. “I think it definitely could, the question is whether we’re going to let that happen.”
Along with Crabtree-Ireland and moderator and Nava board member Linsay Rousseau (“God of War: Ragnarok”), the panel, which played to a standing-room only audience, consisted of Ashly Burch (“Mythic Quest”), Cissy Jones (“The Owl House”), SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee member Zeke Alton...
- 7/22/2023
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland was at Comic-Con on Friday, joining voice-over actors to talk about the threat of AI in their profession for the National Association of Voiceover Actors panel “AI in Entertainment: The Performer’s Perspective Panel.”
“AI is implemented voluntarily by these big corporations, and people need to hold them accountable,” said Crabtree-Ireland. “We don’t accept the premise that we do what they say.”
“AI can be implemented in a human-centric way instead of breaking them down,” he added.
While voice-over actors can engage in video game work during the current strike, they can’t do voice-overs for features films, TV shows and trailers of struck companies.
If anyone wants to know how AI voice-over actors are affected, it was in the testimony of Cissy Jones’ (Transformers Earthrise) today. She expressed grave concern about “public fan mods,” whereby fans use a celebrity...
“AI is implemented voluntarily by these big corporations, and people need to hold them accountable,” said Crabtree-Ireland. “We don’t accept the premise that we do what they say.”
“AI can be implemented in a human-centric way instead of breaking them down,” he added.
While voice-over actors can engage in video game work during the current strike, they can’t do voice-overs for features films, TV shows and trailers of struck companies.
If anyone wants to know how AI voice-over actors are affected, it was in the testimony of Cissy Jones’ (Transformers Earthrise) today. She expressed grave concern about “public fan mods,” whereby fans use a celebrity...
- 7/21/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland will be at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday as a panelist on the National Association of Voice Actors’ session “AI in Entertainment: The Performers’ Perspective.”
Crabtree-Ireland will join moderator Linsay Rousseau (Transformers: War for Cybertron) and panelists Ashly Burch (Mythic Quest), Cissy Jones (The Owl House), SAG/AFTRA negotiating committee member Zeke Alton (The Calisto Protocol) and Nava president and founder Tim Friedlander (Record of Ragnarok) to discuss the existing legal structures in regards to AI and the new standards that need to be implemented that will protect voiceover actors.
While the AMPTP heralded a “groundbreaking” proposal they made to SAG-AFTRA in regards to AI, the actors guild wasn’t happy, with Crabtree-Ireland telling press recently that both sides were “pretty far apart” and that a lot was still required to protect background actors from getting their likeness and images protected.
Crabtree-Ireland will join moderator Linsay Rousseau (Transformers: War for Cybertron) and panelists Ashly Burch (Mythic Quest), Cissy Jones (The Owl House), SAG/AFTRA negotiating committee member Zeke Alton (The Calisto Protocol) and Nava president and founder Tim Friedlander (Record of Ragnarok) to discuss the existing legal structures in regards to AI and the new standards that need to be implemented that will protect voiceover actors.
While the AMPTP heralded a “groundbreaking” proposal they made to SAG-AFTRA in regards to AI, the actors guild wasn’t happy, with Crabtree-Ireland telling press recently that both sides were “pretty far apart” and that a lot was still required to protect background actors from getting their likeness and images protected.
- 7/19/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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