Organizers of the Venice Film Festival introduced a change of their opening choice because the initially scheduled film needed to withdraw as a result of ongoing Hollywood strike.
Edoardo De Angelis’ “Comandante” will now open the eightieth Venice International Film Festival, rather than Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers,” the pageant stated in a press release late on Friday.
“Challengers” that includes American star Zendaya, “will not participate at the Festival following a decision made by the production,” owing to ongoing industrial motion in Hollywood, it stated.
“Comandante” may have its world premiere on Wednesday, Aug. 30 within the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema (Lido di Venezia) through the opening ceremony.
The change comes with actors having two weeks in the past joined a writers’ strike to set off the primary industry-wide walkout for 63 years, successfully shutting down Hollywood.
The SAG-AFTRA (the Screen Actors Guild) went on strike after negotiations to succeed in a brand new cope with manufacturing studios ended with out an settlement.
The union’s calls for have targeted on dwindling pay within the streaming period, in addition to the risk to the {industry} posed by synthetic intelligence.
Based on a real story, “Comandante” depicts the rescue of 26 shipwrecked Belgians throughout World War II by a submarine skipper performed by Pierfrancesco Favino.
De Angelis, 44, was behind 2016 movie “Indivisibili” and the TV drama sequence The Lying Life of Adults.
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