Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon.
The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations, saying the gap between the two sides was too great to make continuing worth it, despite an offer as good as the one that recently ended the writers strike. The actors union decried their opponents’ “bullying tactics” and said they were wildly mischaracterizing their offers.
On Oct. 2, for the first time since the strike began July 14, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists had resumed negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents studios, streaming services and production companies in strike talks.
When negotiations resumed with writers last month, their strike ended five days later, but similar progress was not made with the actors union.
The Writers Guild probably realized they didn’t have as much power as they wanted while the Actors Guild are realizing they have much more power.
I suspect they have some slightly different concerns they want addressed (for example, writers probably aren’t too concerned that the studios would try to use AI to steal their likenesses).
I doubt that is even remotely broached in a writers contract.
Exactly
Both of you are talking complete nonsense. The writers strike ended because they secured a good deal with the studios that met almost all of their demands including limits on use of ai for writing. Their contract was approved by over 97% of the voting members