SAG-AFTRA & Studio CEOs Plan Talks Into Weekend In Hopes Of Reaching Deal
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA and the studios don’t have a deal, but they are planning on talking more. Any agreement between SAG-AFTRA and the studios to end the 106-day strike by the 160,000-strong guild looks almost certain to not be coming tonight, though the two sides are still in deliberations right now.
However, it’s our understanding that the guild and the AMPTP have agreed that talks between the parties will go into the weekend — Saturday and Sunday, if necessary.
Whether those talks will continue at SAG-AFTRA’s Wilshire offices or virtual is still TBD, we hear. We also hear that the reaction today by the major studio Gang of Four — Disney’s Bob Iger, Netflix‘s Ted Sarandos, Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav and NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley– to the guild’s latest proposals wasn’t all green lights and parking spaces. “Underwhelmed,” was how one source close to the virtual session.
Yet, with all parties aware of the stakes at this juncture, “the AMPTP recognizes that there’s some terms there to continue to build on and talk through,” a studio insider states.
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