Normally, we’d be seeing Jamie Lee Curtis and the forged of Disney’s new Haunted Mansion film selling the heck out of one of many 12 months’s large upcoming Disney films, which hits theaters subsequent weekend. As a substitute, Hollywood actors are hanging over labor disputes with the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers. Amidst her Haunted Mansion co-star Rosario Dawson picketing on the bottom not too long ago, Curtis is shouting her out in help.
Jamie Lee Curtis took to Instagram to publish a video of Rosario Dawson sharing that she’s hanging in order that she doesn’t should stay off ramen “for the remainder” of her life. Take a look at the candy shoutout from Curtis:
Curtis handed off the microphone to Dawson, who got here in scorching with a stable level that if actors weren’t given rights to residuals and so forth, she wouldn’t be capable of make a residing within the business. Dawson mentioned “these contracts should be up to date” whereas holding a picket signal and hanging with fellow actors.
Her Haunted Mansion costar underlined the purpose on social media by sharing it and saying she’s telling it prefer it “was and is for almost all of actors.” The reality of the matter is that being an actor doesn’t essentially quantity to the massive bucks, and because the SAG-AFTRA strike continues this week, extra actors are talking out in regards to the issues occurring behind-the-scenes within the business. Right here’s a spherical of images from Dawson’s picketing:
The Hollywood union strikes started with the WGA Writers Strike, which kicked off on Could 2 for writers and continues as we speak. Since final week, actors have been hanging as nicely, successfully shutting down tons of films and tv exhibits that had been beforehand in manufacturing.
As actors proceed to strike, they can’t promote their initiatives, together with Haunted Mansion. Over the weekend, Walt Disney Studios held a premiere at Disneyland for the film with out its actors. Director Justin Simien and a few producers attended the occasion, together with Disney characters strolling the purple carpet as nicely, however total, it was a little bit of a ghost city of a premiere.
Per Curtis’ publish, she solely hinted that Dawson is a “colleague within the haunting story,” whereas if Hollywood wasn’t in a strike, certainly the actress could be throughout letting the folks learn about her Disney venture. Haunted Mansion’s first viewers reactions had been revealed final 12 months, with many applauding the movie for it being a enjoyable, emotional and truly relatively scary adaptation of the beloved Disneyland journey.
In fact, this Haunted Mansion film follows a earlier one from 2003 starring Eddie Murphy. You possibly can take a look at the upcoming launch starring not solely Jamie Lee Curtis and Rosario Dawson, however Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, LaKeith Stanfield, Danny DeVito and Jared Leto in Haunted Mansion, in theaters on July 28.
