Talks to end Hollywood actors strike suspended: studios

Talks between Hollywood actors and studios over an ongoing strike were suspended Wednesday, in a blow to hopes for a swift end to a crisis that has crippled the entertainment industry.

Heads of studios such as Disney and Netflix had been meeting regularly since last week with negotiators for the Screen Actors Guild , whose members walked off film and TV sets in July.

"After meaningful conversations, it is clear that the gap between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA is too great, and conversations are no longer moving us in a productive direction," said the studios.Last month, the AMPTP struck a deal with Hollywood writers, ending that union's own lengthy and largely concurrent strike.

Even with writers now back to work, most film and TV productions cannot restart until the demands of SAG-AFTRA are resolved, costing the entertainment industry and its workers millions of dollars each day. "We hope that SAG-AFTRA will reconsider and return to productive negotiations soon," said the studios.Like the writers, actors have called for improved pay, greater transparency over profits from hit streaming shows, and protections against the use of artificial intelligence technologies.Their concerns about the threat posed to them by AI also arguably run deeper.

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