SAG-AFTRA & AMPTP to Meet on Monday

SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP are meeting next week. 

The actors guild and the studio reps released a joint statement Wednesday evening saying that both sides are coming back to the table on Monday, October 2.

“SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP will resume negotiations for a new TV/Theatrical contract on Monday, Oct. 2. Several executives from AMPTP member companies will be in attendance,” read the statement.

As of 12:01 a.m., the writers strike came to an end after 148 days, just a few days short of the 1988 strike, the WGA’s longest ever at 153 days.

With the WGA strike over, the picket lines today at Disney and Warner Bros were thinner than earlier this summer, though actors were optimistic that a possible end is in sight for the SAG-AFTRA walkout given AMPTP’s deal with WGA that ended the strike.

SAG-AFTRA has been on strike for 76 days after failing to reach a deal on a new contract.