Hollywood Studios, Actors Agree to Last-Minute Federal Mediation to Avoid Strike

Writers on strike march with signs on the picket line on day four of the strike by the Writers Guild of America in front of Netflix in Hollywood, California on May 5, 2023. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Hollywood actors and major film and television studios were scrambling to avoid a possible strike July 12 by meeting with federal mediators for last-minute contract talks.

Negotiations between the actors, represented by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), and an alliance of studios have been ongoing since June 7 and were set to expire at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.