Negotiators for SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood studios are scheduled to meet for the second consecutive day Wednesday, the actors union announced following the first bargaining session between the two sides since Oct. 11.
"Today, the CEOs came back to the table," the Screen Actors Guild- American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said in a statement released Tuesday night. "We are scheduled to continue talks with them tomorrow."
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Disney's Bob Iger, NBCUniversal's Donna Langley, Warner Bros Discovery's David Zaslav and Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos participated in Tuesday's talks with Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers President Carol Lombardini at the union's Wilshire Blvd headquarters Tuesday, according to Deadline.
The AMPTP, which represents the studios, put some new proposals on the table Tuesday, including a new take on what has been termed "success-based compensation," according Deadline.
The proposal "flopped," an individual close to the deliberations told Deadline.
The AMPTP broke off talks on Oct. 11 following five negotiating sessions spread over two weeks.
A key issue in the snag was a SAG-AFTRA proposal for a 75 cents per subscriber annual charge as part of a revenue sharing plan with the studios, which Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos called a "levy on subscribers" and a "bridge too far."
The actors union demands include general wage increases, protections against the use of actor images through artificial intelligence, boosts in compensation for successful streaming programs and improvements in health and retirement benefits.
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