Will actors' strike end? Hollywood studios to resume talks, days after writers return to work
SAG-AFTRA's strike is the first actors' strike since 1980.
Hollywood studios will hold talks with negotiators for the Actors guild next week. The talks will take to take place on October 2, according to a joint statement made by the two parties. This will be the first such meeting in months.
The SAG-AFTRA actors' union, Hollywood's largest with 160,000 members, walked off the job in July asking for higher pay and for curbs on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in entertainment, demands similar to Hollywood writers.
On Sunday, the writers' union struck a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents Walt Disney, Netflix and other studios after five months of failed negotiations.
SAG-AFTRA has a wide range of performers with different issues they want addressed.
The performers want to protect their images and work from being replaced by "digital replicas" generated with AI while actors are looking for compensation that reflects the value they bring to streaming, specifically in the form of revenue sharing.
Other demands from actors include limits on self-taped auditions used in casting, which they argue are more costly than in-person readings. They also want hair and makeup artists who can work with various hair textures and skin tones, to ensure equity for all performers.
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