Strike negotiations between Hollywood actors and studios break down
Negotiations between Hollywood actors and studios have broken down, ending hopes that the cast strike, like the recent writers’ strike, will end after nearly three months. The studio announced late Wednesday night that it had called off contract negotiations. The gulf between the two sides was too great to continue. On October 2nd, for the first time since the strike began on July 14th, the Screen Actors Guild and National Federation of Television and Radio Artists resumed negotiations with the Movement Alliance. Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents studios, streaming services and production companies in strike negotiations; When negotiations with the writers resumed last month, their strike ended after five days, but similar progress was not made with the actors’ union. The studio walked away from negotiations. After seeing the parties’ latest proposals on Wednesday, AMPTP said in a statement: “It is clear that the gulf between AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA is too great and the dialogue is no longer moving us in a productive direction. ” he said. SAG-AFTRA’s proposal would cost companies an additional $800 million a year and create an “unbearable economic burden,” the statement said. Representatives for the actors’ union did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Actors are on strike over issues such as increased performance fees. AMPTP argued that its offer was as generous as the deal that ended the writers’ strike and gave the directors’ union a new contract earlier this year. From the beginning, the actors’ talk lacked the momentum it had when the writers’ strike sparked marathon evening and weekend sessions that ended the work stoppage. Actors and studios took several days off after reopening, and like the writers strike, there were no reports of meaningful progress despite direct involvement from studio heads including Disney and Netflix. Members of the Writers Guild of America voted almost unanimously. The new contract was set to be ratified on Monday. Their leaders touted the deal as achieving most of what they had sought during their strike nearly five months ago. They declared the strike over on September 26th, allowing writers to return to work. Nightly talk shows are expected to return to air within a week, and other shows such as “Saturday Night Live” will soon follow, but production on scripted shows and movies has been halted indefinitely due to the lack of actors. will be done.
Negotiations between Hollywood actors and studios have broken down, ending hopes that the cast strike, like the recent writers’ strike, will end after nearly three months.
The studio announced late Wednesday night that it had called off contract negotiations, arguing that the rift between the two sides was too great to continue.
On October 2, for the first time since the strike began on July 14, the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists resumed negotiations with the Motion Picture and Television Producers Alliance, which represents studios, streaming services, and production companies. . Strike negotiations underway.
When negotiations with the writers resumed last month, their strike ended after five days, but no similar progress was made with the actors’ union.
After seeing the actors’ latest proposal on Wednesday, the studio backed out of negotiations.
“It is clear that the gulf between AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA is too great and dialogue is no longer moving us in a productive direction,” AMPTP said in a statement.
SAG-AFTRA’s proposal would cost companies an additional $800 million a year and create an “unbearable economic burden,” the statement said.
Representatives for the actors’ union did not respond to requests for comment.
Actors are on strike over issues such as increased pay for streaming programs and control over the use of footage generated by artificial intelligence.
AMPTP argued that its offer was as generous as the deal that ended the writers’ strike and gave the directors’ union a new contract earlier this year.
From the beginning, the actors’ talk lacked the momentum it had when the writers’ strike spurred marathon evening and weekend sessions to end the work stoppage. Actors and studios took several days off after reopening, and like the writers’ strike, there were no reports of meaningful progress despite direct involvement from studio heads including Disney and Netflix.
Members of the Writers Guild of America voted almost unanimously Monday to ratify the new contract.
Leaders from both countries touted the deal as achieving most of what they had sought during the strike nearly five months ago.
They declared an end to the strike on September 26th, allowing writers to return to work.
The late-night talk show will be back on the air within a week, with other shows such as “Saturday Night Live” expected to follow soon.
But without actors, production of scripted shows and movies would be halted indefinitely.
