Amid some positive rumblings over the past few days, negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP are expected to continue on Monday.
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The news comes as rumblings on both sides continue to grow for both sides to stay committed to the talks for the sake of the upcoming television and film seasons.
Image: Los Angeles, California – September 24, 2023: SAG-AFTRA Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists located at 5757 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles (Shutterstock.com/Walter[...]
During Tuesday's meeting, the AMPTP presented a revised take on its success-based streaming bonus plan (based on the one ratified by the WGA in its new three-year deal) – a plan meant to counter the union's proposal, which would include a fee on streaming subscribers In addition, there is still some distance when it comes[...]
SAG-AFTRA confirmed that negotiations with the AMPTP will continue on Wednesday and urged members to ignore press updates not from SAG-AFTRA.
SAG-AFTRA released a message to say that it was the AMPTP who asked the union to return to the negotiating table and to warn against "noise."
Discovery CEO David Zaslav to be returning to the talks as they have previously and with the negotiations behind the recently-ratified WGA deal.
Los Angeles, California – October 5, 2023: Striking Members of SAG-AFTRA and other union supporters picket outside Paramount Pictures on Melrose Ave, Los Angeles (Shutterstock.com/Walter Cicchetti)
Here's a look at the joint statement that was[...]
SAG-AFTRA released a statement on Friday regarding its Halloween costume guidelines, which is getting some pushback from union members.
Ex-SAG-AFTRA President Melissa Gilbert called out the union's leadership over the posted Halloween costume guidelines from earlier this week.
The WGA triumphed after 148 hard-fought days, proof that perseverance will break the toughest barriers and result in the transformative change we need to justify everyone's sacrifices.
The AMPTP continues to attempt to sow division amongst us, misrepresenting our proposals and trying to manipulate public sentiment Yet, even as they walked away, we all remained steadfast,[...]
The 41% increase applies to one-hour television programs, which covers the largest number of productions done under the Agreement.
A 25% increase in span money breaks.
Covering performance capture work under the Agreement, which the Union has sought for 20 years.
On AI protections:
Advance consent from the performer and background actor to create and use Digital Replicas;
No Digital[...]
Hollywood names such as George Clooney, Tyler Perry & Scarlett Johansson pitched SAG-AFTRA on a proposal they believed could end the strike.
In a move that can best be compared to struck company Disney's Marvel Studios film Avengers: Endgame, the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW), Writers Guild of America East (WGAE), Directors Guild of America (DGA), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), American Federation of Musicians (AFM), Teamsters, and Hollywood Basic Crafts issued a joint[...]
Saying that he believed that a deal with the actors' union would be done soon after the WGA ratified its new three-year deal, Sarandos said it was SAG-AFTRA's request for a levy on every subscriber that led to the AMPTP suspending negotiations "Last night, they introduced a levy on subscribers on top of [other] areas,"[...]
"Negotiations between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA have been suspended after SAG-AFTRA presented its most recent proposal on October 11," began the statement from the AMPTP after Wednesday's meeting had wrapped no closer to a new deal.
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"After meaningful conversations, it is clear that the gap between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA is too great, and conversations[...]
Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? SAG-AFTRA/WGA, Max's Our Flag Means Death, BBC's Doctor Who, FOX's Bob's Burgers, Peacock's Monk film, Prime Video's Invincible, WWE Fastlane, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Netflix's The Crown, Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Lower Decks, HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Paramount+'s Bargain, and more!
Images/Screencaps: Peacock, Netflix,[...]
Not long after the WGA confirmed that its union membership had ratified its new three-year deal with a 99% in-favor vote, SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP released a statement announcing that negotiations on a new contract for the actors' union had wrapped for the day A new meeting is set again for this Wednesday – with[...]
A little more than two weeks after the WGA and AMPTP had reached a tentative agreement – putting an end to the writers' strike after 148 days – the union membership overwhelmingly ratified the agreement With 8,525 members voting, 99% of those who voted confirmed the new deal (8,435 voting in favor and 90 members[...]
From there, the weekend will see "parties working internally" before talks resume again on Monday, October 9th (the same day that the WGA is expected to overwhelmingly ratify its new three-year deal with the AMPTP) "SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP met for a full day bargaining session and have concluded Negotiations will continue on Friday, October[...]
Here's a look at the complete text of the email that was sent out that was first released exclusively by The Hollywood Reporter:
Image: SAG Awards
Hello All,
We are heartened by the news of a deal between the WGA and AMPTP and hope that a fair deal for SAG-AFTRA is around the corner That being said, we[...]
On the same day that ratification ballots went out to WGA members to finalize their new three-year deal, SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP met today at the union's headquarters to begin negotiations in earnest As was the case with the WGA talks, Disney CEO Bob Iger, NBCUniversal CCO Donna Langley, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, and Warner[...]
After reaching a deal with the WGA last month that ended the writers' strike, the AMPTP is heading to SAG-AFTRA's headquarters today to begin negotiations in earnest Hopefully, by the end of the week, the studios & streamers will see the error of their ways and do right by the actors' union as it apparently[...]
With their late-night shows returning tonight, here's what Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers & Jimmy Kimmel have planned this week.
With the writers' strike officially over (pending the new deal being ratified by WGA membership), late-night television will be returning to our screens in a big way this week But HBO got a bit of a jump on that over the weekend, with Bill Maher returning to Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday night[...]
With the WGA membership expected to ratify a new three-year deal this week, the spotlight turns to SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP – with both sides set to meet this Monday at the union's Miracle Mile headquarters at SAG-AFTRA Plaza (not at the AMPTP's headquarters, as was the case the WGA talks) While many assume that[...]
Facing the fallout from the WGA and SAG-AFTRA striking at the same time (because of wasted negotiating time on the AMPTP's part), the television & film side of things had to be dialed back dramatically – in many instances, panels shifted to screenings with teaser, trailers, and behind-the-scenes featurettes (filmed before the strikes began) released[...]
With the WGA and AMPTP having reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year deal (with ratification voting set for next week) and the union having officially ended the writers' strike, late-night shows are the first to be able to get their writing teams together and get back on our screens But for that to[...]
Just so we're not accused of being overly optimistic, we understand that the WGA membership still needs to ratify the union's tentative agreement with the AMPTP We also understand that next week's negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP need to go as well as what went down with WGA for any of this to really[...]
But that's just the first step, with the WGA also rallying with SAG-AFTRA as the actors' union prepares to meet with the AMPTP this Monday to hammer out their own deal But that doesn't mean that the union can't take a moment to celebrate the gains it made – and how it made them Because[...]
Well, we already know that there's going to be one big difference between the AMPTP's negotiations with the WGA and the upcoming start of its negotiations with SAG-AFTRA Less than a day after both sides confirmed in a joint statement that they would be meeting on Monday, October 2nd, Deadline Hollywood has confirmed that the[...]
In what we're hoping is a good sign of things to come, some promising news from SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP this evening, On the same day that the writers' strike officially as WGA members prepare to vote to ratify a new agreement next week, the actors' union and the studios & streamers have confirmed that[...]