Talks between actors, actresses and Hollywood studios were abruptly broken off Wednesday evening, dashing any hope of an early end to the three-month strike.
The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations because they felt the gap between the two sides was too big to be worth it, despite an offer as good as the one that recently ended the writers’ strike.
The actors’ union, in turn, condemned the intimidation tactics of its union partners and accused them of largely distorting their offers.
On October 2, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) resumed negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the studios, for the first time since the strike began in July represents , video-on-demand services and production companies.
When negotiations with the writers resumed last month, their strike ended five days later, but no similar progress was made with the actors’ union.
The studios ended talks after seeing the actors and actresses’ final proposal on Wednesday. It is clear that the gap between AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA is too great and the discussions are no longer leading us in a productive direction, they argued in a statement.