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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…

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…

A plan put forth this week to SAG-AFTRA by George Clooney and other big stars to potentially kick start stalled negotiations with the studios is "worthy of review and consideration," says the union's chief negotiator. "We’re with you, we’re behind you," Duncan Crabtree-Ireland told Deadline today of…

EXCLUSIVE: Ted Sarandos may have insisted today that he and other studio CEOs want to end the over three-month long actors strike and "get everyone back to work," but for SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator, the Netflix boss is full of nothing but hot air. "Talking about putting people back to work while…

"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,"…

Netflix said it’s working on modifications to CEO pay policies after a majority of shareholders declined to approve top executive compensation in a non-binding vote at the last annual meeting. The company had said as much earlier this year. “We recognize we don't have wide support for our executive…

Negotiations between the studios and the striking actors guild may have come to a sudden halt last week, but according to Netflix today everyone is still talking – even when they aren’t. "The last six months have been challenging for our industry given the combined writers and actors strikes in the…

The co-creators of Fauda and Tehran have detailed how they are helping relief efforts as Ted Sarandos paid tribute to Lior Waitzman, a sound technician on Netflix’s first Hebrew-language original series, who was killed on Saturday during the Hamas-led attack on Israel. “A lot of folks are still…

Netflix's Ted Sarandos has claimed that SAG-AFTRA asked for a levy on every subscriber to streaming service, which led to the breakdown in talks to end the actors strike. "Last night, they introduced a levy on subscribers on top of [other] areas," the Co-CEO said. He called it a “bridge too…

The latest round of talks between the studios and SAG-AFTRA over ending the actors’ now 92-day strike collapsed Wednesday night. As the fallout and blame game begins, the Fran Drescher-led guild is accusing the AMPTP of using “bully tactics” and “the same failed strategy they tried to inflict on the WGA&#8221…

After less than two weeks, the latest negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the studios and streamers have broken down and been “suspended,” according to the AMPTP on Wednesday. “After meaningful conversations, it is clear that the gap between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA is too great, and conversations are…

After a rough day of negotiations Wednesday, the actors guild and the studios have pulled the plug for now. Things were distinctly "much rockier than usual" today a veteran dealmaker says. Another source confirmed, "it did not go well today." The insider added: “Things are uncertain, but a step back…