IATSE Local 490

07/30/2025

April Hinrichs & Natasha Georgia are our delegates and are currently in Hawaii. IATSE flags waving!

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07/27/2025

Join us tomorrow at 7:00 p.m.

07/24/2025

We’re excited to officially announce the name of our new monthly mixer: Sunday Solidarity — brought to you by IATSE Local 490!

This casual networking event is open to everyone in the industry — union or non-union, cast or crew, newcomers or veterans. It’s all about building connections, sharing experiences, and enjoying each other’s company outside of the hustle.

🗓 This Sunday, July 27th
⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 Fair State Brewing Cooperative
2506 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

We just wrapped a union job, so if you're curious about what it’s like to work union — or how to get started — this is a great chance to chat with folks who’ve been there.

But more than that, Sunday Solidarity is about community — hanging out, sharing stories, and supporting one another. Whether you’re there to network, decompress, or just grab a drink with familiar faces, we’d love to see you.

Let’s launch this right — see you this Sunday!

07/19/2025

Wrapped a fun one with my fellow members on a union commercial for a national grocery chain 🛒🎬 We had an incredible time—long days, laughs, and even an overnight inside a grocery store! Nothing beats working with talented colleagues on a union job. Proud to be part of this crew. 💪

07/09/2025

Local union history in the news-
Massacre at Flour city (1935)

https://southsidepride.com/2025/07/01/massacre-at-flour-city/

07/02/2025

🌈✨ IATSE 490 showed up and showed out at this year’s Pride Festival alongside our union siblings from Local 13 and SAG-AFTRA! It was a beautiful day of solidarity, celebration, and community. We’re proud to support love, equality, and representation — and we can’t wait to be part of next year’s Pride Festival! 💪🎭❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

06/23/2025

Our social gathering is back this Sunday, the 29th, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Fair State Brewing, 2506 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418. Everyone's invited - hope to see you and our community friends there!

06/15/2025

IATSE Local 4 member,Stephen DeMaria, retires after 63 years in. 👏👏👏 on a great career.

Stephen DeMaria has overseen the building of “Saturday Night Live” scenery since the show began. At 87, he finally hung up his hammer.

06/15/2025

Military parade infused cash into Hollywood prop houses.

The poignant display of US military might in DC today on Trump's birthday comes with a Hollywood connection

06/14/2025

06/04/2025

"Andor" cost $650 million for 24 episodes, says creator Tony Gilroy. Sources estimate

“I mean, [for] Disney this is $650 million. For 24 episodes, I never took a note. We said ‘F*ck the Empire’ in the first season, and they said, ‘Can you please not do that?’ … In Season 2, they said, ‘Streaming is dead, we don’t have the money we had before,’ so we fought hard about money, but they never cleaned anything up. That [freedom] comes with responsibilities.”

Production on “Andor” Season 2 was notably paused amid the Hollywood strikes. A source familiar with the production said the guild strikes added approximately $20 million in shutdown costs to “Andor’s” budget and that episodes cost an estimated $20 million after tax incentives, similar to the reported episode budgets of “House of the Dragon” and “Severance.”

Read more here:

'Andor' creator Tony Gilroy says Disney spent $650 million to make 24 episodes of his 'Star Wars' series, although money tightened up in Season 2.

05/30/2025

https://deadline.com/2025/05/terrence-howard-film-cipher-iatse-strike-1236413791/

Crew members have walked off the set of low-budget film 'Cipher' in protest after the production declined to secure a union contract with IATSE.