International Insider: Venice Vibes; More Strike Impact In UK; Disney Plays Free Cricket Game
deadline.comWe’re back, Insiders. Jesse Whittock here. After a week away, we’ve got you covered for all the big news as festival season gears up once again.
We’ve been mob-handed in Venice while diligently covering all the major TV and film news around the world. Let’s begin… “A difficult time”: After a summer of blistering heat across mainland Europe, the Venice Film Festival opened this week to heavy rainfall and strong winds.
But that didn’t halt proceedings, which began early Wednesday with the official jury presser, where we saw our first mention of the Hollywood strikes.
Jury head Damien Chazelle arrived at the press conference sporting a ‘Writers Guild on Strike’ t-shirt and badge. Jury members Martin McDonagh and Laura Poitras, sitting in the front row, also donned the same t-shirt. “Today is the 121st day the writers have been on strike, and the 48th the actors have been on strike,” Chazelle said to open the presser, before later adding that the most significant issue relating to the strikes for him was “residuals and people being remunerated for each piece of art… A lot of people who would ordinarily be here aren’t able to be here.
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