No Deal

The latest round of talks between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers end without deal...

Richard Verrier and Claudia Eller of the Los Angeles Times:

Hopes for a last-minute breakthrough in negotiations between Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild were dashed Tuesday when contract talks ended on a bitter note, fueling anxiety over the prospect of another strike.

After three weeks of talks, studios walked away from the table, saying that negotiations were "thrust into reverse" by what they called "unreasonable demands."

SAG accused the studios of turning their backs on the guild to focus on contract talks with the smaller actors union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

"It's deeply troubling because we said we wanted to stay in the room and make a deal and our pleas were ignored," SAG President Alan Rosenberg said Tuesday night.

Actors are considering the studios' offer to resume talks May 28, about a month before their contract expires...

I can see waiting a few days to start talking again while everyone returns to reevaluate their options But a full 2 weeks?

If nobody wants another strike then why waste valuable time?

AFTRA, meanwhile, is to start negotiations with AMPTP soon...

UGH!

Sray Tuned...