Hollywood stars and actors are still continuing to strike, participating in events and festivals, and even promoting their work in accordance with the terms of the strike, which has exceeded 100 days. With the failure of previous negotiations, the situation remains as it is, despite the success of the Writers Guild of America negotiations and reaching a satisfactory solution for both parties, which resulted in the writers returning to work, which means publishing more writings. But these writings are still looking for actors to perform them, otherwise they will be useless.
In new news shared by SAG-AFTRA via social media and transmitted by international sites in the past few hours, there may be hope for reaching an agreement between the SAG-AFTRA Actors Union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), as the two parties have finally set a date for returning to the negotiating table to resume today, Tuesday. October 24, in the presence of a core group of senior executives from member companies of the Motion Picture and Television Producers Alliance.
The Actors Union wrote in a post about the news on their Instagram: “It is clear that the strength and solidarity demonstrated by our members has sent an unambiguous message to CEOs. As we have said time and time again, we are ready, willing and able to participate in any event.” “A moment to come together and work across the table to reach an agreement worthy of your sacrifice. In the coming days, there will likely be a lot of interest and perhaps hype surrounding our talks. Don’t believe anything you hear until it comes from us.”
The last time SAG-AFTRA broke off discussions was on October 11, with AMPTP saying the gap between the two sides was too great to continue discussions.
Production and entertainment companies, in particular, objected to SAG-AFTRA’s revenue-sharing proposal for live streaming. The Actors Union sought to transfer 2 percent of the revenue generated by certain titles on streaming platforms to their representatives, a proposal that the AMPTP completely rejected.
