Ishana Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Watchers’ & Sam Raimi’s ‘Don’t Move’ Among Latest Projects Granted SAG-AFTRA Waivers To Shoot During Strike

Justin Kroll
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After granting its first round of waivers for several films Tuesday, SAG-AFTRA has given another group of films permission to shoot during the strike including Ishana Night Shyamalan’s The Watchers, starring Dakota Fanning, and the Sam Raimi-produced Don’t Move. See the updated list below.

What makes The Watchers an interesting case is that while New Line is on board to distribute, the film was a negative pickup, and sources say what helped it get the waiver is that the distribution deal had not been signed yet. therefore making it an indie shoot with independent financing. The studio will have nothing to do with the project until a deal is signed, which would not happen until a strike is resolved.

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The film had been also been shooting in Ireland and was viewed as a local UK shoot and fell under the British Equity Guild, which already has allowed shows like House of the Dragon to keep production going in the country amid the strike.

The Watchers is the directorial debut of Shyamalan, M. Night Shyamalan’s daughter, who is producing the film that also stars Georgina Campbell.

the rest of the half-dozen projects given waivers today are Isaac, Sight Unseen, Untitled Rebuilding Project and Mother, May I?

SAG-AFTRA announced Tuesday that 39 films were eligible to begin shooting, including two A24 films, Mother Mary and Death of a Unicorne as well as the faith-based series The Chosen.

The agreements are being granted to “truly independent producers” as long as they are not affiliated with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and agree to be bound retroactively to whatever contract terms eventually are achieved with the AMPTP when the strike is settled.

Here is the updated list of projects approved for the SAG-AFTRA waiver:

Production ID

Production Title

Signatory Name

Authorizing Date

00557718

Aguadilla

Abla Films LLC

7/17/2023

00558722

Anniversary

Anniversary US Productions, LLC

7/18/2023

00556657

Armadilla

Armadilla LLC

7/17/2023

00557009

Beneath the Grass

Beneath the Grass Film LLC

7/16/2023

A0331397

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (23/24)

X Factor S2 LLC

7/17/2023

00556831

Beyond The Walls

Beyond The Walls Film LLC

7/17/2023

00558253

Bob Trevino Likes It

Chosen Family, LLC

7/16/2023

00558258

Bride Hard

Bride Hard Films LLC

7/17/2023

00555863

Cafone, The

Suburbanite Productions, LLC

7/17/2023

00553609

Chosen, The (23/24)

The Chosen Texas, LLC

7/17/2023

00557550

Death Of A Unicorne

Monoceros Media LLC

7/16/2023

00555298

Desert, A

Capes and Fog LLC

7/17/2023

00557411

Don’t Move

Dont Move UT LLC

7/18/2023

00558096

Dream Devil

Outhouse Production Films LLC

7/17/2023

00557523

Dust Bunny

Dust Bunny Productions, LLC

7/15/2023

00556869

Exhibiting Forgiveness

Exhibiting Forgiveness, Inc.

7/18/2023

00555874

F-PLUS

SWEN STUDIOS, INC.

7/17/2023

00557350

Flight Risk

Flight Risk Productions, Inc.

7/16/2023

00541818

Ganymede

Ganymede Film, LLC

7/17/2023

00557724

Greatest Ever, The

THE GREATEST EVER LLC

7/16/2023

00556352

Ick

ICK Productions, LLC

7/16/2023

00557680

Isaac

Isaac Productions LLC

7/18/2023

00557973

Just Breathe

Rockwood Champ LLC

7/16/2023

00557321

King Ivory

Magic Mark, LLC

7/18/2023

00553622

Mother Mary

Got a Little Sloppy LLC

7/15/2023

00524203

Mother, May I?

MMI Film LLC

7/18/2023

00558714

Mourning Rock

ZNZ Project LLC

7/17/2023

00557981

Osiris

It Hunts LLC

7/16/2023

00558622

Paradise And Lunch

PL Film LLC

7/17/2023

00556744

Queen Of The Ring

Ring Productions LLC

7/15/2023

00558294

Ritual, The

Rituality, LLC

7/17/2023

00556346

Rivals of Amziah King

Sad Abe’s Inc.

7/14/2023

00557757

Sell Out

The Benny Dink Movie LLC

7/16/2023

00552034

Short Game, The

Green Jacket Productions LLC

7/17/2023

00559834

Sight Unseen (23/24)

Sight Unseen S1 Productions BC Inc.

7/18/2023

00556078

Sod And Stubble

Sod and Stubble LLC

7/16/2023

00557256

Sound, The

Sound Film, LLC

7/16/2023

00554189

The killer’s game

TKG PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

7/15/2023

00553490

Tower, The

TheTowerFilm LLC

7/15/2023

00556254

Transamazonia

Cinema DeFacto

7/17/2023

00557596

Untitled Rebuilding Project

Crowded Table LLC

7/18/2023

00556977

Watchers, The

Hunched Lady Productions LLC

7/18/2023

00558019

Week End Escape Project

Grive Productions SARL

7/18/2023

00436018

Weekend Escape

Sean OByrne

7/18/2023

00554217

Yellow Tie, The

Oblique Media SRL

7/17/2023

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