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WGA & AMPTP Set More Talks For Tomorrow As Strike Fears Grip Hollywood; Guild & Studios Still Far Apart

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EXCLUSIVE: The current Writers Guild of America contract expires in just over 48 hours, and the scribes and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers are taking it down to the wire in hopes of reaching an agreement.

After talks today in the AMPTP’s Sherman Oaks offices, the two sides have scheduled further negotiations for Sunday in the hopes of sealing a deal to avert a potentially devastating strike next week.

While nothing has been inked in, Monday talks have also been penciled in if necessary, I hear With a 97.85% strike authorization mandate from members after a vote earlier this month, the WGA leadership could order pencils down and pickets up at 12:01 a.m.

PT on May 2 after the present contract lapses. The last WGA strike in 2007/2008 lasted 100 days and has had effects that still ripple through the industry – and that was before the streamers were in the game.

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