SAG-AFTRA Actors’ Strike Ends After Deal Gets Struck with Studios

SAG-AFTRA simply struck a brand new tentative cope with Hollywood’s main studios — successfully ending the actors’ strike … this after greater than 100 days of picketing.

The guild introduced Wednesday they’d come to phrases with the AMPTP for a brand new 3-year contract that’ll permit union actors to get again to work … and let showbiz get again on observe after the prolonged stalemate.

SAG mentioned, “In a unanimous vote this afternoon, The SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Committee authorised a tentative settlement with the AMPTP bringing an finish to the 118 day strike.” They added that the strike would formally finish at 12:01 AM on Thursday, November 9.

The phrases of the deal have but to be publicly disclosed, however there’s been numerous reporting on what the sticking factors have been on this closing stretch — by most accounts, the language surrounding AI protections was what SAG was nitpicking over these previous a number of days.

One report from THR prompt the studios needed to have the ability to scan actors for a one-time payment — together with useless actors, BTW — and have the ability to use their picture/likeness for future tasks … however SAG apparently mentioned that was a nonstarter, demanding extra pink tape and further pay for any reuse of the AI scans down the road … together with the actor’s permission.

We’ll see what they in the end landed on — however presumably, it is one thing that SAG thought-about truthful for his or her members, for now not less than. They’re going to return to the desk quickly sufficient, and we’re positive this complete course of will begin over again — hopefully, less dramatically.

There are rumblings of SAG actors additionally getting higher pay/on-set circumstances assured on this new deal. The union’s board and members nonetheless have to ratify it … nevertheless it sounds prefer it’s over.