Citing unspecified “potential safety concerns,” SAG-AFTRA announced Thursday night that planned picket lines in New York and Los Angeles on Friday have been canceled.
“In light of potential safety concerns that are unrelated to our ongoing strike, there will be no SAG-AFTRA pickets in New York City or Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 13. Stay safe and see you on the picket lines next week,” the guild said in a statement posted to X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter.
The guild didn’t specify what those safety concerns are. An individual with knowledge of the matter told TheWrap only that there are concerns about “a heightened security environment”
This is however likely related to the ongoing conflict in Israel which began Saturday morning with a devastating, coordinated terrorist attack by Hamas.