In a new interview withSky News, starSeth Rogenshared his thoughts on the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes and said that he doesn’t seem them coming to an end any time soon.
While speaking to the news outlet, Rogen stated:
“There is a lot of solidarity among the performers, but in the studio side of thing everyone’s in it for themselves. These are people who hate each other. People who are in direct competition with one another, but to think that Universal has the same priorities as Netflix is insane.”
TheTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemproducer continued, “So that’s what concerns me honestly, is that they will be completely unable to bring forth a coherent and unified proposal because of their own infighting and divergent priorities.”
A separate clip of the interview (shared in an article bySky News), heard Rogen share further details.
ThePlatonicstar said, “The studios haven’t even spoken to each other, is what I’ve heard.”
Rogen continued, “So not only does it seem as though the writers and actors have a great distance to go when it comes to the studios, I think the studios have a great distance to go, probably a greater one, when it goes to them getting on the same page.”
Sky News also spoke with actorSheryl Lee Ralph, who spoke out against the rise ofartificial intelligence use in the entertainment industry, noting the dangers of AI.
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Sheryl Lee Ralph Said Being “Artificially Generated” Is “Not Art as Far as I’m Concerned”
TheAbbott Elementarystar said, “We can all be artificially generated, that’s frightening. That’s not art as far as I’m concerned. That’s um, what do you call it? Digital lotion on the film. You know like when you get a little ashy you need that lotion? That’s digital lotion out there.”
Ralph went on to say, “We need something that’s far more important. We need the art of human beings. I want to know, would William Shakespeare stand for this? I think not.”
Sky News additionally noted that theInstant Momactor said that she would consider selling her digital likeness only if she gave her consent and was provided compensation. Ralph added:
“If I die and somebody wants to scan my body before I die, they can scan it for a price to make sure that generations after me are not left out of whatever money somebody else makes on my image. I don’t want somebody to take my image, repurpose it, put another face on it and I get nothing from it.”
The news outlet also spoke with Nick Lynes, the chief executive of Flawless AI, one of the largest AI companies in film. He said,
“I can understand why people are scared. Gen AI is legitimately as powerful as people talk about, but we work very much in cooperation with all the stakeholders, and we have done for a long time. I’m not sure that like, technology is ever the bad guy, I think it’s like how it’s used.”
