EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood is on the precipice tonight as talks between IATSE and the AMPTP continue in the hopes to avert a strike early next week that could bring most of the industry to a standstill. “Assume there will be a strike and hope there isn’t,” Local 800 members were told this afternoon in the first of two planned virtual townhalls.“It looks about 50/50 right now, but that could change quickly either way with the mood in the room,” another source close to the talks declared to Deadline.
At one point earlier this week, it looked like NBCUniversal owner Comcast was the biggest hinderance to a solution. However, the overall situation has once again become more fluid — to a pointWith the union having set an October 18 12:01 AM deadline
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