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EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA and the studios don’t have a deal, but they are planning on talking more. Any agreement between SAG-AFTRA and the studios to end the 106-day strike by the 160,000-strong guild looks almost certain to not be coming tonight, though the two sides are still in deliberations right…

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said it on the picket lines earlier Thursday, and now it seems that "cautious optimism," as an insider also characterized it today, has become the takeaway term for the state of talks between the actors guild and the studios. In that…

Negotiations scheduled Wednesday between SAG-AFTRA and the studios didn't happen after all — and everyone's good with that. "It's a step in the right direction and the negotiating committee is taking the time to do a deep review," a guild source tight to the talks told Deadline this evening, noting…

SAG-AFTRA members took to the picket lines outside major studios again today after joining forces with WGA strikers who walked out on May 2. Picketing began on July 14 and has surpassed the 100-day mark with continued striking outside the studios and networks in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and…

UPDATE, 7:44 PM: Talks between the studios and SAG-AFTRA didn’t go so well today, but the Guild has now confirmed the two sides will be back at it tomorrow for another attempt to end the 100-plus day strike. “Today, the CEOs came back to the table,” SAG-AFTRA told members in an email after…

(Updated with SAG-AFTRA tweet) After over a week of silence, the actors union and the AMPTP are now set to return to negotiations on Tuesday, October 24. “SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP will meet for bargaining on Tuesday, October 24 at SAG-AFTRA Plaza. Several executives from AMPTP member companies will…

Editor's note: On the 100th day of SAG-AFTRA's strike, the 160,000-strong guild and the studios are once again not talking, and no new negotiations are planned. Writers are back at work, but with no actors deal, Hollywood production remains shut down. SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher asserts that it doesn…

Week 25 of Deadline’s Strike Talk podcast comes amid a tough time on the negotiations front between SAG-AFTRA and the studios. No formal talks have taken place or have even been scheduled since October 11, when bargaining was suspended amid the latest impasse. The stalemate led to a group of A-list…

As SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher took to Instagram Thursday night to thank George Clooney and other A-list actors for their “extremely generous” proposal which they hoped would help end the current impasse between the guild and the studios, the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee also addressed the offer…

"We want nothing more than to resolve this and get everyone back to work," declared Netflix's Ted Sarandos at the top of the streamer's Q3 earnings video call Wednesday, exactly a week after talks with the actors guild ceased, for now. "That’s true for Netflix. That’s true for every member of the AMPTP,"…

This is day 97 of the SAG-AFTRA strike. Teamsters Local 399 boss Lindsay Dougherty joined IATSE members on the picket line at Warner Bros. Wednesday to show support for SAG-AFTRA and to express her frustration over the AMPTP’s recent decision to suspend negotiations. “They should be absolutely…

EXCLUSIVE: Some of Hollywood's biggest names met with the leadership of SAG-AFTRA today to get the lowdown on the breakdown of talks with the studios and streamers last week. George Clooney, Emma Stone, Ben Affleck, Tyler Perry and Scarlett Johansson were among a group of top talent guild members…