Outlook dim for SAG deal

In a development that will amp up strike fears, hopes for a SAG deal with the majors this week have nearly vanished.

With a dozen days of negotiations in the book, progress remains negligible, although both sides have adhered to an unofficial news blackout with no public disclosure on the substance of talks on SAG’s feature-primetime deal.

But privately, the congloms have been feeling increasingly frustrated over SAG’s refusal to budge significantly from its initial proposals — particularly after the companies asked for an extra week to close the “significant gaps” in positions before turning to AFTRA’s primetime deal on Monday for the next two weeks.

SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers will resume talks at 10 a.m. today at the AMPTP’s headquarters in Encino. The current round of negotiations is set to conclude Friday.

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