Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann and James Spader star in Warner Bros.’ family comedy adventure “Shorts,” directed by Robert Rodriguez from his own screenplay. Rodriguez (“Spy Kids” trilogy) is also producing the film with Elizabeth Avellan under their Troublemaker Studios banner. Dan Lin, Hunt Lowry and Stacy Cohen exec produce the film, which [...]

In a sign of serious progress at the SAG negotiations, the guild and the majors have agreed to extend bargaining on a new feature-primetime deal until next Tuesday. The SAG talks had been scheduled to conclude Friday after three weeks of no major moves by either side but the guild’s willingness to scale back one [...]

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 [...]

…SAG’s negotiations with the majors will become much more serious after a week of laying the groundwork at meetings at the AMPTP headquarters in Encino…. …But it’s believed that much of the focus is on new-media compensation — which dominated the negotiations on DGA and WGA contracts earlier this year. Though the congloms have indicated [...]