The agreement will span both the creation of digital voice replicas and their use throughout game development.

Its also an important milestone inSAG-AFTRAs current negotiationswith the video game companies.

The committee for that contract is the same one that negotiated the deal with Replica.

SAG AFTRA, Replica

SAG AFTRA, Replica

The guild already has a strike authorization, and Crabtree-Ireland insinuated they are prepared to use it soon.

Im hopeful and optimistic that video game companies will learn from the example presented by Replica.

Lets hope thats the case.

SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards in February 2025