Hasn't Paramount actually been really good at selling physical media? There are literally 4K steelbooks for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

And slowly but surely the entire Star Trek franchise climbs higher and higher on my list of physical media to purchase

Such a sad story. Glad they were found guilty.

The way I see it, they have 3 options:

1. "Ice the kicker": Refuse to negotiate for several more months at least, and hope that the WGA comes back begging. I think this is most likely going to be the response of the WGA doesn't agree to the terms, as they have too many projects riding on union members.

2. Import writers and actors from other guilds. I wouldn't expect them to do this unless we get to 2024 and there's no deal. There are plenty of fantastic writers and actors all across the globe who could easily make great stuff for Hollywood (IMHO they could do it better than the Americans but I am perhaps a bit biased, and somewhat uncultured as well). Risky because Hollywood would need to either reboot or place on hold existing IPs, meaning no more direct sequels to stuff, nor further development on things such as Marvel movies, at least as we know them.

3. Switch exclusively to non-union American workers. This would be a last-ditch effort, I think, as this would cause big-name actors to work for independent American studios such as A24 or Angel Studios, causing them to rise to prominence and most likely overshadowing the major studios over only a handful of years.

If enough teacher leave, maybe we'll start to pay them more

I heard talk of this, and I'm a bit curious if this is in fact the reason why they have named it so.

I think they are trying to take advantage of a loophole as they're not technically acting here.

If I was Bill Maher, I would have done a makeshift spinoff podcast instead, as he already knows how to make a podcast and if he hires the same team, none of his crew is out of a job.

My inclination is that something is screwy with their business model, to the point where they need to do this to stay afloat. But to be fair I don't actually know a whole lot about Unity, this just seems like something that would drive away the majority of customers so I could only see this making sense under the context of being a move made in desperation.

LOL the state of buying discs in brick and mortar store is abysmal now. I used to like buying discs from Walmart but the one near me has relegated everything to a bargain bin of kids' movies, basically. Practically the only way to buy discs now is to do so online, or at a Best Buy or Barnes & Noble if you have one near you

I will say, if enough people scab, the SAG's bargaining power weakens significantly, and if those scabs are barred from rejoining, they'll have less bargaining power in the future as well.