LOS ANGELES—While screenwriters are busy back at work, film, and TV actors remain on picket lines, with the longest strike in their history set to hit 100 days on Saturday after talks broke off with studios. Here’s a look at where things stand, how their stretched-out standoff compares to past strikes, and what happens next.
Inside the Actors-Studio Talks That Failed
Hopes were high and leaders of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) were cautiously optimistic when they resumed negotiations on Oct. 2 for the first time since the strike began 2.5 months earlier.The same group of chief executives from the biggest studios had made a major deal just over a week earlier with striking writers, whose leaders celebrated their gains on many issues actors are also fighting for: long-term pay, consistency of employment, and control over the use of artificial intelligence.
