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

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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 discussion.

However, SAG-AFTRA said that executives of the AMPTP, which represents companies ranging from Warner Bros. Discovery and NBCUniversal to Netflix and Prime Video, had “asked” for talks to resume.

As per the end days of the Writers Guild of America’s strike, senior execs from AMPTP companies including WBD’s David Zaslav, Disney’s Bob Iger, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos and NBCU’s Donna Langley are now taking a more hands-on approach, according to US reports.

SAG-AFTRA’s strike means that despite the WGA’s deal with the AMPTP in September, many series are still not yet back in production.

The actors union has been on strike since 14 July, with its 160,000 members downing tools and not attending promotional events.

The union also confirmed it would be striking against 10 video game companies to improve that industry’s deals with actors.