Jesus collection ‘The Chosen’ will get miracle waiver amid SAG strike

Followers of the historic drama “The Chosen” are rejoicing.

The collection has been granted a waiver from SAG-AFTRA to proceed filming amid the continued strike.

“Nice information! We simply acquired phrase from SAG that now we have been authorized for a waiver. We’ll proceed capturing on Monday,” the collection’ official Twitter account announced Sunday.

“To be clear: 1. We’ve agreed to all of SAG’s requests and their interim settlement. 2. Season 4 is completely unbiased and 100% funded by donations,” they added on Monday.

This implies the Jesus of Nazareth collection solely missed a day or two of filming, Deadline reported. The forged contains a number of SAG members, together with Jonathan Roumie, who performs Jesus.

The collection is the primary recognized TV present to be granted an exemption from the Display Actors Guild – American Federation of Tv and Radio Artists, which counts a few of Hollywood’s greatest stars amongst its many members.

Whereas different initiatives can fill out waivers to change into exempt, solely “really unbiased producers” — quite than initiatives made with massive studios — shall be granted permission to proceed manufacturing.

“The Chosen” not too long ago introduced a distribution take care of Lionsgate and former seasons have been offered to CW, Netflix, Amazon and Peacock.

Deadline experiences these offers had been believed to solely be for Seasons 1 to three, so Season 4’s distribution is unclear.

The Submit has contacted collection reps for remark.

On Saturday, “The Chosen” creator Dallas Jenkins took to Instagram to plead with SAG for an exemption.

“We’ve submitted all of the requested paperwork instantly. We match all {qualifications} for an exemption. Every single day that goes by with out your response prices us lots of of hundreds of {dollars} whereas your actors are caught in Utah. We’re the great guys. We’ve handled your actors effectively,” he wrote.

On July 13, SAG-AFTRA unanimously voted to cease working after their contract expired and talks broke off with the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers, which represents streamers Disney, Netflix, Amazon and others.

SAG members joined the picket line Thursday with already placing screenwriters, formally placing all of Hollywood on hiatus.

That is the primary SAG member strike since 1980.