hollywood star nicolas cagewill not attend fantasia film festival billed as one of north americas biggest genre festivals following the strike called by the screen actors guildamerican federation of radio and television artists sagaftra cage was due to attend the festival in montreal canada on july 22 for the world premiere of director yuval adlers sympathy for the devil where he was scheduled to receive fantasias cheval noir career achievement awardread alsosagaftra strike christopher nolans oppenheimer cast cillian murphy robert downey jr florence pugh matt damon walk out of london premierethe cast of oppenheimer left the london screening of the film in solidarity with the strike called by the hollywoods actors union youve seen them here earlier on the red carpet unfortunately theyre off to write their picket signs for what we believe to be an imminent strike by sag joininglast week the screen actors guildamerican federation of radio and television artists sagaftra voted to team up with the screenwriters under the writers guild of america wga in the first joint strike after failing to reach a consensus for a new contract with the studios and streaming services represented by the alliance of motion picture and television producers amptp fantasia which runs july 20 to august 9 shared the update on its official website were sad to announce that due to the sagaftra strike nicolas cage will no longer be able to attend the festival next weekend well be updating our website regularly as we receive news from other announced guests while circumstances evolve our hearts are with the actors as well as with the wga and we hope to see the unions get a fair deal soon the festival organisers said in the statement following the confirmation of the sag strike on july 13 judy greer star of aporia one of fantasias other high profile premieres did not appear to be available for interview cillian murphy emily blunt matt damon and florence pugh the cast of christopher nolans much anticipated film oppenheimer left the films london screening midway in solidarity with the strike called by the hollywoods actors union recently actors leonardo dicaprio george clooney and priyanka chopra jonas voiced their support with their protesting colleagues the strike by hollywood actors is the first strike since 1980 it is also the first instance when two major hollywood unions have been on strike at the same time since 1960 members of the wga have been protesting since early may demanding better wages higher minimum pay more writers per show and shorter exclusive contracts among other thingsalso see best hollywood movies of 2023 top rated english movies of 2023 latest hollywood movies