The SAG-AFTRA strike has halted all movie and TV productions until the actors’ guild reaches an agreement with Hollywood studios and streaming services, but a handful of projects starring Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey, Rebel Wilson, and more have been granted waivers to resume filming.
Forty-five “truly independent” productions have now been granted strike exemptions under the “Interim Agreement,” which allows members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists to continue shooting and appear in certain productions without violating the terms of the strike.
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Among the exempt productions are David Lowery’s music drama Mother Mary, starring Hathaway, Hunter Schafer, and Michaela Coel; Andrew Patterson’s The Rivals of Amziah King, starring McConaughey; and Simon West’s action-comedy Bride Hard, starring Wilson.
Other titles include the comedy Death of a Unicorn, with Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega; Mel Gibson’s upcoming thriller Flight Risk, starring Mark Wahlberg; Bryan Fuller’s action-drama Dust Bunny, with Mads Mikkelsen and Sigourney Weaver; the action-comedy The Killer’s Game, with Sofia Boutella, Scott Adkins, Dave Bautista, Ben Kingsley, and Ice Cube; Ishana Shyamalan’s debut fantasy-horror movie, The Watchers, starring Dakota Fanning; music biopic The Yellow Tie with John Malkovich and Sean Bean; and the wrestling drama Queen of the Ring, with Emily Bett Rickards, Walton Goggins, Josh Lucas, and Deborah Ann Woll.
In addition to these films, the faith-based series The Chosen, which follows the life of Jesus of Nazareth, was the first known production to announce that it had resumed shooting.
