SAG-AFTRA


SAG-AFTRA members ratify new deal with Hollywood studios

US actors guild SAG-AFTRA has ratified its new agreement with the Hollywood studios, a month after the tentative deal was struck. While actors have already returned to work in the States, the ratification brings a formal end to the 118-day strike between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents […]

SAG-AFTRA board gives nod to AMPTP deal, as further details of new contract emerge

Further details have emerged of SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)’s tentative deal, which has been backed by the US actors union’s national board. The proposed agreement, first revealed last week, was approved by 86% of SAG-AFTRA’s board over the weekend and will now head to membership for ratification. That […]

US actors union SAG-AFTRA & AMPTP agree three-year deal worth more than $1bn

US actors union SAG-AFTRA has struck a tentative three-year deal worth more than $1bn (£814m) with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) that will allow shows to go back into production after months of delays. The agreement brings to an end the 118-day strike between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP, which represents companies […]

US studios to resume talks with SAG-AFTRA on Tuesday as strike passes 100 days

The US studios are to resume talks with US actors union SAG-AFTRA later on Tuesday, as the strike between the two parties passes its 100-day marker. Formal negotiations between the the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and SAG-AFTRA fell apart on 11 October, with residual payments among a raft of issues under […]

Actors union SAG-AFTRA to resume talks with AMPTP on Monday

With the US writers strike now over, actors union SAG-AFTRA has confirmed it is to resume talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on Monday. SAG-AFTRA’s strike means that despite the Writers Guild of America’s deal with the AMPTP earlier this week, most series are still not headed back into production. […]

Warner Bros. Discovery braced for $500m hit due to strikes

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is bracing itself for a financial hit up to $500m as a result of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. In an SEC filing published yesterday, the US media giant said that if production does not resume before the end of the year, then it expects its 2023 earnings to be somewhere […]

UK could soon face actors strike, warns Equity chief, as SAG-AFTRA welcomes solidarity

UK actors may strike within the next 12 months, Equity chief Paul Fleming has warned, pointing to unrest within the British TV industry mirroring the situation in the US. Fleming, who is general secretary of UK actors guild Equity, said that the organisation “may well be heading into our own industrial dispute over the next […]

AMPTP stands ground & reveals $1bn offer to “disingenuous” SAG-AFTRA

With the SAG-AFTRA strike now almost a week in, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) has claimed that the actors’ union walked away from a deal amounting to $1bn above its previous contract. Defending its position, the AMPTP, which represents major studios and streamers, including Amazon, Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, Sony […]

TBI Weekly: Will US strikes provide the great Hollywood reset?

Actors union SAG-AFTRA joined the Writers Guild of America this week in downing tools, as US turmoil reached new heights in the battle between studios and creatives. Arrested Industries CEO Anthony Kimble reflects on life in LA and explores potential outcomes from what looks likely to be ‘one big hot mess of a summer’. Despite […]