Despite the tumult, there is a silver lining. SAG-AFTRA has seen a surge in interim agreement requests, about two-thirds of the 1,200 applications received have been approved through mid-October. With these agreements, several projects have been greenlit in the U.S., while others are opting to shoot overseas with non-SAG-AFTRA casts.
However, there is a glaring downside. The anticipated golden period for independent production has yet to come to fruition as many hoped. Independent filmmakers hoped the strike would relieve competition for resources from big studios and streamers, but the opposite is true.
