IN-DEPTH: More TV, Film Cancellations, Delays in the Balance as Hollywood Actors, Studios Extend Negotiations
The contract between the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), representing 160,000 actors and personalities, and major television and film studios and streamers represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) was set to expire at midnight of June 30, but the parties have agreed to an extension.
SAG wrote in a letter to its members that negotiations would continue with a July 12 11:59 p.m. PT deadline.
“No one should mistake this extension for weakness. We see you. We hear you. We are you,” the letter read.
Streaming residuals and the use of AI are key issues in this negotiation, as it has been with the Writers Guild of America, representing some 11,500 writers who have been on strike since May, unable to reach an agreement with major studios….