Jenna Ortega & Paul Rudd Can Film New Movie 'Death of a Unicorn' During Strike

Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd are starring in the new movie Death of a Unicorn!

While the SAG-AFTRA strike has put a pause on nearly all film and TV productions, their upcoming A24 film has been granted approval to go through with filming, according to Variety.

How is this allowed, you ask?

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While there are several rules that actors are supposed to follow during the strike, there are some ways for projects and actors to continue.

If the project is from a major studio and part of AMPTP, they are not able to film, while independent projects and student films are among those that can film, as long as they obtain a waiver from SAG-AFTRA, granting them permission for the actors to partake and production to continue during the strike.

In order to receive the waiver, they must agree to all of the terms that SAG-AFTRA is asking for in the strike.

There are 39 projects that received permission to go ahead during the strike.

Death of a Unicorn, with Jenna and Paul, reportedly will see them as daughter and father who run over a unicorn on their way home. They are set to start filming soon in Hungary, according to Variety.

If you didn’t know, Jenna and Paul are both part of the MCU – she had a small appearance in Iron Man 3, while Paul joined as Ant-Man a couple of years later!

Jenna was most recently seen filming Beetlejuice 2 in Hertfordshire, England earlier this month. People shared photos of her filming a wedding scene for the upcoming sequel, set to hit theaters in September 2024.