Joker star Joaquin Phoenix’s new thriller stopped for good reason, and it may just be the first of many

Joker star Joaquin Phoenixs new thriller stopped for good reason

Screenwriters in Hollywood have been on strike since May 2023. The reason for this is the development of the film and series landscape in which temporary positions and small royalties prevail, while streaming services impose ever more demanding conditions.

Now a new partial strike is emerging in Hollywood that will affect the stars themselves. It is scheduled to start on July 1, 2023. For this reason, the shooting of the new thriller with Joker star Joaquin Phoenix and infatuation star Rooney Mara has already been stopped.

The next Hollywood crisis is imminent

As Deadline reports, the planned start of filming of Pawel Pawlikowski’s The Island was stopped, although the cast arrived in Spain and was ready. That’s because insurance companies are refusing to insure certain current films, fearing a new strike starting July 1.

The new strike would die Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG AFTRA) regarding. This is an American union that, among other things, represents thousands of film and television actors worldwide. Phoenix and Mara are also part of SAG-AFTRA. When they found out that they could not be insured for filming The Island, they returned home for the time being. The new production start of the thriller is unknown.

This development could be the starting signal for a wave of other affected indie films be, which can not be rotated for the time being. It is not yet certain whether SAG-AFTRA will go on strike like WGA from July 1st.

What is Joaquin Phoenix thriller The Island about?

In The Island, a couple (Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara) escape to a remote paradise island in the 1930s. Here they fend for themselves and live in peace until a passing yacht owner makes an overnight sensation of them in the press. Suddenly, a rich countess with two lovers in tow wants to make the island the location of her next luxury hotel. A small war full of intrigues, deceit and manipulation begins.

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