SAG-AFTRA & Studios Eyeing Talks Extension As Contract Expiration Looms
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: With 54 hours to go before SAG-AFTRA’s current contract with the studios expires on June 30, both sides are considering extending their negotiations until next week or slightly later.
That extension could run until July 7, we are hearing from multiple sources. Stakes are extremely high at this point between both parties, particularly in the wake of a strident letter signed by 1,000-plus high-profile actors including union president Fran Drescher that went public this week.
Signed by the likes of Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Amy Schumer and more, the letter from the thespians says that they’re “prepared to strike” if the guild doesn’t “get all the way there” in its talks with studios and streamers.
In that context, an extension can be viewed as a positive thing for the time being, regardless of the end game, insiders tell us.
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