Hollywood writers and producers have made “important progress” in negotiations to finish the 145-day strike, however the principle sticking level has been language round using synthetic intelligence, two sources aware of the negotiations stated Saturday.
The sources stated studio executives didn’t attend the eight-hour talks on Saturday and negotiations ended with out reaching an settlement.
The 2 sides — the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers — stated in a joint assertion that negotiations would resume on Sunday.
AMPTP is a commerce group that negotiates with main studios and streaming providers. (The group represents NBCUniversal, the mother or father firm of NBC Information.)
Again-to-back weekend conferences could also be a glimmer of hope amid a strike that ended some TV reveals earlier than their seasons ended and the postponement of the annual fall season of debuts and returns.
Writers have complained that they’re being short-sold in the case of their share of streaming income. In addition they need to enhance royalties, or residual funds, and defend in opposition to the likelihood that studios will use synthetic intelligence to deal with some writing duties and maintain them out of jobs.
A supply aware of the discussions stated afterward that the 2 sides went to the desk on Wednesday for discussions that took a forceful activate Thursday when studio heads joined in marathon talks that lasted greater than 10 hours.
Disney’s Bob Iger, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav and Comcast’s NBCUniversal Studio Group President Donna Langley had been in attendance, this supply stated.
On the time, the supply stated there was a sense that the 2 sides had been “shut” to reaching an settlement.
Representatives represented by SAG-AFTRA joined the picket line in July in a separate, ongoing dispute.