The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has signed a deal that guarantees 9 movies to be fully produced. Since the actors aren’t striking yet, this is a precautionary action before a possible strike later this year. Currently the SAG is in talks with the major studios.

“We’re in negotiations. We’re focused on that. We have no further comment,” the SAG told the AP. The Writers Guild of America made similar deals before they began their strike last year.

So should we see this as a possible sign for another strike? Or is the SAG just cautious and doing everything they can to keep their people at work?

Ridley Scott is set to produce the noir drama ‘The Kind One’ for Warner Bros. “It’s a world that Ridley has never touched before, so that’s what drew him to the project,” said Daly.

‘The Kind One’ stars Casey Affleck in a story about an amnesiac working for the mafia. Taking place in 1930s Los Angeles.

The drama is set for release somewhere in 2010.

Hollywood and Bollywood are joining hands to stop piracy. A study by Ernst & Young India has showed Bollywood is losing $4 billion and 800,000 jobs a year because of piracy and both are now determined to stop illegal copying.

“The first step is supporting India’s adoption of sensible legislation which regulates the production of optical discs,” said Greg Kalbaugh, director and counsel at US India Business Council. “The Hollywood-Bollywood Initiative has really touched a nerve, and companies in the US and India are lining up to offer their support,” he said.

It’s a nice initiative, but do we really believe this will have an effect? If Hollywood could’ve stopped the piracy, they would already have. It’s something they can’t control. They don’t have enough money to buy the internet. I wonder how much money actually went into trying to stop piracy.