Studio Bosses Join Today’s WGA & AMPTP Talks; Sarandos, Iger, Langley & Zaslav In The Room, No Gavin Newsom
deadline.comOver 140 days into the WGA’s strike, the latest resumption of talks today between the scribes and studios and steamers are leaving nothing to chance.
Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, Disney’s Bob Iger, Universal’s Donna Langley and Warner Bros Discovery’s David Zaslav are joining negotiating teams for both sides sitting down at the AMPTP’s Sherman Oaks offices right now. “There’s an impetus to find a real pathway to an agreement now, and to close that (deal), teh CEOs have to been directly engaged – to show the writers, we’re serious,” a studio insider told Deadline Wednesday.
Contrary to the expectations of some and his recent CNN interview stressing his involvement talking to the WGA and the AMPTP, Gavin Newsom is not a participant in today’s talks.
The California Governor is in NYC today talking about global warming at the UN. Newsom did not call into the talks, which started a 10 am PT, I’m told.
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