Strike talks have broken off between Hollywood actors and studios. The alliance of studios and streaming services that negotiates with actors says the two sides are so far apart in their contract talks that there is no point in continuing.

Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon.

The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations, saying the gap between the two sides was too great to make continuing worth it, despite an offer as good as the one that recently ended the writers strike. The actors union decried their opponents’ “bullying tactics” and said they were wildly mischaracterizing their offers.

On Oct. 2, for the first time since the strike began July 14, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists had resumed negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents studios, streaming services and production companies in strike talks.

When negotiations resumed with writers last month, their strike ended five days later, but similar progress was not made with the actors union.

  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml
    522·
    1 year ago

    My only advice to the rich executive fat cats is to just give the actors what they want.

    If you think you can replace them with AI, you can’t.

    If you think you’re paying them enough, you’re not.

    If you think you’re safe in your hidden bunkers, know that you’re neither hidden nor safe. The poors are already inside and right behind you…and they’re fucking starving…

    Save yourselves now and just give the actors what they fucking want, assholes.

    • hogunner@lemmy.world
      223·
      1 year ago

      I suspect they have some slightly different concerns they want addressed (for example, writers probably aren’t too concerned that the studios would try to use AI to steal their likenesses).

            • hogunner@lemmy.world
              41·
              1 year ago

              Both who? I wasn’t agreeing with OP. I was merely stating I don’t think the writers’ demands and the actors’ are the same across the board but please feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

                • hogunner@lemmy.world
                  3·
                  1 year ago

                  Not trying to start an argument here but if you reread my comment, my example was specifically about using AI to steal someone’s likeness; ie. something not likely to happen to a writer but very likely to be a concern for actors.

      • Zink
        1·
        1 year ago

        I just asked the Bing AI chat to write me a plot synopsis for a hypothetical marvel movie and it wrote something totally believable.

        After endgame they have to get the band back together to deal with Kang the Conqueror, and once they’re victorious they realize it’s truly the end of an era. They then go their separate ways.

        I’m going to guess the studio wouldn’t like to have one last awesome movie to end the Avengers series because money.

  • stifle867
    2·
    1 year ago

    The difference was too great to make continuing worthwhile? Classic BS they bring out…if that were true then they’d be announcing that they will no longer be making any movies and shutting down permanently as it is “not worthwhile continuing”.