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SAG-AFTRA Inks Deal With Video Game Studio Lightspeed L.A. Amid Interactive Media Agreement Strike
SAG-AFTRA is currently on strike against 10 of the major video game companies
“I am delighted to be partnering with Lightspeed L.A. Their upcoming game may be set in a world of technology run amok, but by agreeing to equitable terms, they’re working to make sure that the real future will not be a dystopian one for performers,” SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said in a statement on Wednesday. Lightspeed L.A. was founded in 2019 by Steve Martin, who notched producing credits on major games like Max Payne 3, Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2. This is not a surprising move from the actors’ union, which handed out plenty of interim agreements to independent studios that were willing to agree to its proposed contract terms during last year’s film and TV strike, allowing some productions to continue throughout the 118 days SAG-AFTRA was on the picket lines.
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