Strikes halting production on 'Silo' and 'Foundation'
William GallagherRebecca Ferguson in "Silo" (Source: Apple)
Two of the biggest Apple TV+ series have reportedly been affected by the writers' and actors' strikes in Hollywood, with "Silo" shut down and "Foundation" likely to follow.
Members of the Writers' Guild of America have now been on strike for three months over pay and conditions, and they were joined in July by actors in the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). Both unions are US-based but even though "Silo" is being filmed in the UK, it has now been shut down, according to Deadline.
Under the terms of the strike, no members of either union can work — except actors with a waiver — so at least many of the "Silo" cast will have had to stop.
"Silo" star Rebecca Ferguson is not barred from her executive producer duties on the series, but actors can neither film nor promote their shows. Similarly, writers obviously can't write, but they also can't promote their work.
Deadline reports that filming on the second season of "Silo" had been due to take a filming break this week, but that Apple TV+ is going to extend that pause until further notice.
Apple has not commented on this, nor on a Deadline report that the so-far unannounced third season of "Foundation" will shortly halt its current shooting in Prague.
The Writers' Guild strike also saw picketing outside Apple Park on the first day of WWDC 2023.
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No loss. Silo is not very good.
Well, like the last big strike. Many of the shows will end up just being GONE. Because people have moved on. So the odds of Silo and Foundation coming back for another season are 50/50 right now. The longer this strike drags on the greater the odds of them not coming back. Some of the shows it killed last time for a number of reasons is "Heroes", "Scrubs", "Lost", "Pushing Daisies", along with others, plus many movies.
It didn't kill them outright, but the long gap lost viewers, the writing was rushed, etc, etc and it just screwed up so many shows. I think this is also when more Reality TV shows come out. You don't need a bunch of paid writers and they're cheap to make. This could drag on for a year or longer. Just when theaters are opening up and people are starting to come back, well they're screwed once again. Maybe they can bring back a lot of old movie classics to show. Probably better entertainment anyway. The new TV season is to start up in a couple of months, well that'll be put on hold. You may want to think about canceling your streaming service if there is no new content to play unless you only care about old stuff. New seasons of whatever shows you are watching. those are dead or on hold. If they come back, it may not be very good and end up being killed. Oh well,....... https://movieweb.com/shows-and-movies-affected-by-2007-writers-strike/#friday-night-lights-2006-2011
Silo is the number 1 show on Apple TV at the moment, so it will most certainly return.
Foundation is only coming back because it has a three season commitment. Rating are so low and the cost to produce so high that Apple would love to kill it off sooner if possible though.