A24’s ‘Mother Mary’ & Faith-Based Series ‘The Chosen’ Among Indie Projects Given SAG-AFTRA Waiver That Allows Them To Shoot During Strike

Justin Kroll

18 July 2023 at 7:00 pm·3-min read

SAG-AFTRA has granted approval to 39 independent productions to shoot during the actors strike, after confirming that they are not linked to AMPTP companies. The list includes two A24 projects, and Deadline first reported on Monday that faith-based series The Chosen was likely to get one, which now is confirmed.

Of the 39 projects given a waiver, A24, which is not part of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, had two films granted a waiver, Mother Mary and Death of a Unicorne. Sources close to the studio add that just because a waiver was approved does not mean shooting will commence immediately, especially with Death of a Unicorne, which is still in deep development. Mother Mary likely will start shooting again soon.

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Other approved projects include Rivals of Amziah King, starring Matthew McConaughey; Dust Bunny, starring Sigourney Weaver and Mads Mikkelsen; and Bride Hard, starring Rebel Wilson.

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 complete 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
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.	7/16/2023
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
00557973	Just Breathe	Rockwood Champ LLC	7/16/2023
00557321	King Ivory	Magic Mark, LLC	7/16/2023
00553622	Mother Mary	Got a Little Sloppy LLC	7/15/2023

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
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
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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