If actors join screenwriters in striking, it would be the first time since 1960 that the two guilds are on strike at the same time.
says no deal has been reached with studios and streaming services and its leadership will vote on whether to strike on Thursday.
will be considered by leadership at a meeting later that day. A press conference announcing the decision is scheduled for noon Pacific. it will be the first time since 1960 that both actors and writers picketed film and television productions. “This is the Union’s choice, not ours. In doing so, it has dismissed our offer of historic pay and residual increases, substantially higher caps on pension and health contributions, audition protections, shortened series option periods, a groundbreaking AI proposal that protects actors’ digital likenesses, and more,” the AMPTP said in a statement.
If the actors strike, they will formally join screenwriters on the picket lines outside studios and filming locations in a bid to get better terms from studios and streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon. The actors’ guild had , slowing the production of film and television series on both coasts and in production centers like Atlanta. and the effects on residual pay brought on by the streaming ecosystem that has emerged in recent years.
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