Hollywood On Tenterhooks: Imminent Deal Looks Dim As SAG-AFTRA Continues To Study Latest Studio Offer
deadline.comThis was not how David Zaslav and Bob Iger wanted today to go. As recently as 36 hours ago, the Warner Bros Discovery boss and the Disney CEO believed, along with other studio chiefs, the nearly five-month long SAG-AFTRA strike could be over by now.
Yesterday, with the guild and the AMPTP closing the gap over AI protections, a wave of good cheer swept over the town. However, as day went on, it became clear late last night that there would be no deal on Tuesday.
Now 118 days into the SAG-AFTRA strike that has seen Hollywood production shuttered, the actors guild continues to go over the details of the AMPTP’s voluminous latest set of proposals.
Currently, as the guild negotiating committee confers, there are intentions to reach out to AMPTP later today, we hear. There are no plans right now for the CEO Gang of Four – Disney’s Iger, WBD’s Zaslav, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos and NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley – to get directly involved in further talks “We are reviewing the offer, building on the movement, but rushing this serves no one in the end,” a guild source tells us of their approach. “We know people want to see a deal, it has to be a fair deal, a deal worth all the sacrifices made.” “Everyone is working hard to finish,” an industry insider tells Deadline. “It’s a groundbreaking deal,” he added of the studios’ self-described “best, last and final offer” of increased minimum rates, big upticks in performance compensation bonuses, “full” AI protections and more.
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