Baseball season may have been delayed this year by the coronavirus, but Hollywood’s major studios are about to play a doubleheader.
SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America are simultaneously launching into master TV and film contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
The actors guild negotiations, which formally began April 27, are getting underway as studio chiefs keep a wary eye on the WGA, which is expected to submit its contract proposals to the AMPTP on May 1 and begin negotiations on May 11.
That timetable by definition puts a stopwatch on SAG-AFTRA talks, although sources close to the AMPTP insist the organization has the bandwidth to conduct parallel talks with both unions if need be.
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