I booked a small role in a feature film back in March called 267. It was a day player role in a non union, indie film that paid just enough for me to justify taking time off work to do it. Over the last 3 months, there wasn’t much communication until an email came through about two weeks ago that had an artist release form attached. The filmmaker asked everyone to sign and return the document. After reading it, I decided not to sign and replied to the filmmaker that I was uncomfortable signing a release that wasn’t project specific. Stating that the way the release was worded, that they could use my likeness in any project from here on out, whether I was in it or not. I assumed the filmmaker would edit the document to be project specific, but after two weeks, I got no response and then saw that I was removed from the cast on IMDb.
Posted below is the whole release.
I am always careful about what I sign, even if it means I don’t get to do projects. I think about how things can affect me and my career in the future and not just at the moment. And I’m lucky enough to have a sister who’s a lawyer who can, and has, looked at contracts for me.
Simon Shih 
Sucks this happened to you. Unfortunately, I had a kind of similar experience working on a Indie Series in Atlanta. A lot of unfair treatment when it came to contract agreement ultimately I had to walk away after some episodes recording were already done. In the end they still used what I filmed even tho it was incomplete and also took me off the IMDb credit. Oh well there loss of influencer free promotion for the project and so on. Definitely made a good decision for my career though.
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