This week marks over 100 days since the actors went on strike to get more pay, better working conditions and protection from artificial intelligence.    Once the writer’s strike was resolved, earlier this month, the SAG-AFTRA union and the studios (AMPTP) met on multiple occasions to try to end the actor’s strike.

However, talks broke down last week resulting in the studios walking away from negotiations.  The main reason for the breakdown is that studios have offered a bonus residual system, which was recently given to the writers as part of their new deal and have offered the same deal to the actors union. However, the actors’ union want a percentage of all streaming revenue to be shared between its members, which the studios aren’t willing to do, since they claim it would cost over $800 million a year to operate.

Since the studios pulled out of talks, the actor’s union has been critical of the studio’s tactics, which it called bullying and demanding talks resume, while the studios have stated that having a levy of up to $1 a year per subscriber is unrealistic.  This latest move has seen more pressure come on both sides to make a deal, to try to resolve the strikes, with many of the biggest actors in Hollywood trying to come up with other ideas to end the stalemate.  There has also been lots of pressure from other unions within Hollywood, demanding that talks resume, since it impacts more than just the actors shutting down film sets.

Today, SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP have issued a statement announcing that talks will be resuming next week.

SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP will meet for bargaining on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at SAG-AFTRA Plaza. Several executives from AMPTP member companies will be in attendance.

Hopefully, the two sides can resume talks and reach a compromise to deal with some of the issues that haven’t been agreed on, with SAG-AFTRA wanting more money, but how much will the studios be willing to give?    Actors, along with everyone else within the industry, need to get back to work and the studios will need to get production underway soon to save the winter television season and also next year’s theatrical film slate.  But nothing was going to get resolved without the two sides talking, so hopefully, things can get resolved soon.

Do you think a deal will be made soon?  Let us know on social media!

Roger Palmer

Roger has been a Disney fan since he was a kid and this interest has grown over the years. He has visited Disney Parks around the globe and has a vast collection of Disney movies and collectibles. He is the owner of What's On Disney Plus & DisKingdom. Email: Roger@WhatsOnDisneyPlus.com Twitter: Twitter.com/RogPalmerUK Facebook: Facebook.com/rogpalmeruk

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