After a long weekend of union agitator-fueled rumors about The Daily Wire’s new action film, production has wrapped after five weeks, as planned, and the union reps didn’t get their way. It all started with Deadline publishing an exclusive story about actor Jonathan Majors falling through a window while on set of the production in progress, which, according to their sources, led to a union strike and other allegations of safety concerns on set. Faithful Daily Wire fans won’t be surprised to learn that there’s more to the story. Film producer Dallas Sonnier provided a short, yet direct, statement to Deadline, saying simply: “The entire industry is in freefall due to strikes, and now that their members are out of work, they’re trying to sabotage the few people who are still producing. We don’t negotiate with communists.” So what really went down? During the fourth week of filming, an executive from the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, best known as IATSE, reached out to Sonnier claiming that she “represented the majority of the crew,” which consisted of both local hires in South Carolina and returning staff from previous projects. The IATSE rep “demanded” that they immediately be recognized and negotiate a collective bargaining agreement to cover staff wages, hours, benefits, and working conditions. Before the deadline she proposed even arrived, a small handful of picketers were out creating a nuisance. It was that same day that Majors and actor JC Kiljoyne fell through a window filming a scene. Deadline posted video of the incident, and reported it was a six foot drop — though pictures posted show it was barely four feet off the ground. The height of the window btw https://t.co/Lr1KlckW9c pic.twitter.com/sAZF0UYiLb — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) April 6, 2026 That stunt with the window was part of production’s plans for later that day, and Sonnier says it was far from an emergency. “Everyone handled it quickly and successfully. We always have licensed medics on our sets, and this day, we had two,” Sonnier said. “The production was immediately halted to ensure safety sign-offs by both medics before moving forward.” He also says the clip leaked to Deadline is definitely going to make it into the final cut. The actors’ comments are fully aligned. Kiljoyne’s rep told Deadline in the aftermath that he “did not feel unsafe on set and continues to have a positive experience working on the project.” Majors made similar comments to TMZ. “I’m ok. I was happy to be on set and help tell the story. I am grateful for whoever is checking on me, the cast and crew for regarding our safety. It’s going to be a great movie and I am looking forward to fans seeing it!” While IATSE came out of left field, there was a SAG rep on set many days who confirmed that the actors “should show up and finish the movie as planned” following the accident. It was noted that the SAG rep had “zero safety concerns” for the movie. “We had a licensed armorer every single day,” Sonnier said. “We had a safety meeting at the top of each day, and prior to any special effect or stunt. The reason we don’t have a ‘RUST’ situation is because we take this stuff so seriously,” he added, referring to Alec Baldwin’s firearm discharging while filming and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. During the fourth week of filming, 15% of the crew decided to leave. Based on conversations Sonnier had with the whole crew, this was the result of IATSE pressure and not because of any safety concerns, he said. All the staff who left were replaced by the next morning. Crucially, those who left did not appear to be part of the picketing. “The ‘strikers’ were just angry union rep protestors,” Sonnier said, noting that by day two, their numbers were reduced to about seven people total. The picketers caused minor annoyances, such as yelling at actors, encouraging cars to honk to disrupt filming, pressuring vendors to pull gear, sending threatening letters, and yelling “CUT!” and “ACTION!” as a way of confusing the actors on set. But in the end, production rolled on. The Deadline article was released after all these efforts failed, especially after Sonnier refused to engage with their demands. Sonnier said IATSE reps never called him or contacted him beyond the first email “because they are total cowards and whiny busybodies.” The producer says this was an illegitimate strike. Does IATSE have any response to this? IATSE, of course, did not respond to questions from The Daily Wire.