SAG-AFTRA Reaches Tentative Deal to End Historic Hollywood Actors Strike
Hollywood actors are heading back to work after SAG-AFTRA and major studios reach a tentative agreement to end the 118-day strike. The deal includes new streaming residuals and protections around artificial intelligence.
SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood studios reach a tentative agreement to end the 118-day actors strike that paralyzes the entertainment industry. The union's TV/Theatrical Committee approves the deal unanimously, officially ending the work stoppage at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Tens of thousands of film and television performers are now heading back to work after walking off the job on July 14.
The agreement emerges from intense negotiations featuring top Hollywood executives, including Disney's Bob Iger, Netflix's Ted Sarandos, Warner Bros. Discovery's David Zaslav, and NBCUniversal's Donna Langley. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers states that the tentative deal represents a new paradigm for the industry. SAG-AFTRA plans to release more details after the union's national board reviews the contract on Friday.
This resolution brings crucial new safeguards for performers, most notably establishing a new residual structure for streaming content and implementing protections against the use of artificial intelligence. The end of the actors strike follows a similar agreement reached by the Writers Guild of America in September, fully clearing the path for Hollywood to resume telling great stories.