Without a deal, it's unlikely that the production of most movies and TV shows will resume by the end of the year.
Actor Adrian Dev attends the SAG-AFTRA picket lines at Warner Bros. Studios on Oct. 10, 2023, in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo: Michael Tullberg/Getty Imagesand major studios have suspended their contract talks, shattering hopes that a deal between the two groups will be struck soon.That delay could have a ripple effect across the entire industry, calling into question the viability of spring award shows and 2024 movie releases.
In its own statement Wednesday, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said talks were suspended, saying conversations were no longer moving in a "productive" direction. "It is clear that the gap between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA is too great," the statement said.
Onlookers were especially optimistic, given that the studios had already set some standards around issues such as residual pay and artificial intelligence in their negotiations with writers that they thought could be applied to negotiations with actors.SAG-AFTRA says talks began to break down Wednesday after studio executives walked away from the bargaining table, in response to the actors union's newest contract proposal pushing for a greater share of revenue from streaming projects.
The studios said that on "common issues," they "offered the same terms that were ratified by the DGA and WGA. Yet SAG-AFTRA rejected these."In the studios' latest proposal Wednesday, they offered to require advance consent from performers and background actors to create and use digital replicas of their likeness, in addition to other protections.
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