“Star Trek” may take place from Gene Roddenberry in post -capitalist Utopia where no character is eager for wealth, but here in our society, its representatives cannot live with this luxury.
Trekkies will be able to tell you that “Star Trek” was not a great success when it was first broadcast from 1966 to 1969. He definitely had a small and emotional group of fans, and the offer was saved from the cancellation at least once thanks to a campaign to write concerted messages, But it was never one of the 10 best types of offer in classifications. Star Trek will not become a cultural phenomenon until it began to broadcast in the mid -seventies of the twentieth century. By that time, it was widely accessible, the new Superfans appeared, and “Star Trek” agreements became something. Jin Rodenberry appeared in these agreements, began to re -display his own program, with fans encouraged, and realized that he had already created a Blessed text.
Meanwhile, Star Trek stars managed to take advantage of their limited profits from showing to the appearances of conferences, as they did not get any money in the waste. Although it may seem unfair, the members of the original actors team in the series – William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichil Nichols, Everest Kelly, George Taki, Walter Kyungj and James Duhan – did not receive any royal payments for the first time in the 1970s of the last century . Douuhan, in an interview in 1979 with Fort Worth Star Telgreig (Adapted from Heroes & IconsHe admitted that he or his stars did not get ten cents of restarting “Star Trek” after 1971. In 2020, William Shatner He said On Twitter, he does not receive any royalties for anything “Star Trek” linked before 1973.
Those who assume that all TV stars were able to live a high degree of pigs that depend entirely on the remains for endless restarting, they should remember that many of them have been decorated from the remaining mentioned due to unfair contracts.
No representatives have received ten cents in the remains after the early 1970s
Cow meat saw him on the above Twitter from Shatner as he argues with a bitter fan about his personal wealth. Shatner recalled that the late 1960s was not a pink time for the actors working, because the supposed pattern of ownership payments did not become a standard in industry. books:
“Anything before 1973 (includes the original” Star Trek “series) does not pay a cinema in royalties. So please do not think that you have you or owe you something to see it. It does not work like this.”
Shatner also talked about his lack of ownership payments in Room 3 Transporter, hosted by IGN (and It was reported by Hollywood ReporterIt is clarified that in those days, no actor had any television series on residues to restart them after a few years. After all, most people consider that a TV program in the air would not continue to restart for more than a few years anyway. As such, no studios have been disturbed by any contracts based on kings for any actresses. No one could have predicted that “Star Trek” would bring a decades -long union deal that would keep it on the air for decades literally.
Once again in the Fort Worth Star Telegram interview, Douuhan indicated that the unfair payments of the “Star Trek” team were a stimulating factor in restructuring a large -scale contract throughout Hollywood. He said, “Our situation is what prompted the union of the actors on the screen to change the rules. […] Now, their salaries are paid for all restarts. “After only three years on the air.
On the SAG siteHe wrote that the royalties were not present before 1960. In the end, the successful strike was put in place of royalties in playing, but unfortunately, the payments were not retroactively part of the negotiations, and the studios had to pay royalties to the actors in the films that were released before 1960 .
A brief history of the remains
In 1960, SAG finally created a retirement box. Over the next 14 years, TV stars are still strict. “Restarting” seems to be still a new concept, or at least the concept that studios were ready to ignore them when it comes to paying royalties to its representatives. Looking at the comments of Duhan and Satner, SAG, “I jointly negotiated the contract covering the dramatic programming at some point on the first time television networks” in 1974.
In 1980, the entertainment unions were forced to strike again when the studios tried to block royalties for home video sales and paid outlets like the cable. In fact, one may find that most of the SAG or WGA strikes were, throughout its history, about blocking the remains. The tallest blow in the Federation came in 1988, and that was largely about how the remaining TV broadcasts did not push international markets. In 2007 and 2008, the unions entered the strike again after the studios failed to push them to broadcasts online. Each new technology seems to be a new way by studios to try to harden members.
This was definitely true in the 2023 strikes, which was about trying to get reputable broadcast residue. Broadcasting services, thanks to a precedent set by Netflix, did not issue their viewers’ numbers, and did not feel any desire to pay royalties to the actors as a result. The unions were able to negotiate the payment system, and also demanded that the studios stop using AI Tech to wipe their faces and use their images for free. The strikes were 2023, the second longest period in the history of the organization … by one day.
Fortunately, “Star Trek: The Next Generation” benefited from these previous strikes, and she was able to live outside the remains. In the case of actor Will Watton, who played the role of Wesley Creider, It was all that he had for years.