{"id":26636,"date":"2023-07-18T10:42:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T14:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=26636"},"modified":"2023-07-18T10:42:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T14:42:27","slug":"the-chosen-granted-waiver-to-continue-filming-during-sag-aftra-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/07\/the-chosen-granted-waiver-to-continue-filming-during-sag-aftra-strike.html","title":{"rendered":"‘The Chosen’ Granted Waiver to Continue Filming During SAG-AFTRA Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The faith-based biblical series \u201cThe Chosen\u201d has been given a waiver from the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, bringing almost all Hollywood to a screeching halt. Dallas Jenkins, the series creator, announced he had \u201csubmitted all the requested paperwork\u201d to apply for a waiver from the strike.<\/p>\n

In a brief letter to the union, which he posted to social media, he wrote, \u201cWe fit all qualifications for an exemption. You have our application for it. Every day that goes by without your response costs us hundreds of thousands of dollars while your actors are stuck in Utah.\u201d He continued, \u201cWe\u2019re the good guys; we\u2019ve treated your actors well. Please take the few minutes to approve our application so your actors can get back to work getting paid for the last two weeks of a season they want to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n

These waivers are available to \u201ctruly independent producers\u201d as long as they\u2019re not associated with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and agree to submit retroactively to whatever contract terms are eventually agreed upon with the AMPTP once the strike is over. Several actors from \u201cThe Chosen\u201d are SAG-AFTRA members, including Johnathan Roumie, who plays Jesus in the popular series.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0an Instagram post<\/a>\u00a0of his own, Roumie wrote, \u201cWe hope to return to our regularly scheduled program soon. Please stand by and keep those prayers coming!\u201d Noah James, who plays Andrew in the show, thanked SAG-AFTRA for the exemption in a post on his Instagram Story. He wrote, \u201cWe\u2019ve been given an interim agreement for \u2018The Chosen,\u2019 so we can continue filming starting tomorrow and finish the season for the next few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n