SAG-AFTRA Resumes Talks With AMPTP: AI & Pension Funding Details Need Work As Parties Seek To Close Deal...
Source: Deadline
By Katie Campione April 26, 2026 8:00am
The actors are heading back to the bargaining table with the major Hollywood studios.
After pausing negotiations to make way for the WGA in March, SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP will resume talks on Monday morning as planned. The two parties are aiming to get a tentative deal done before the DGA steps up to bat on May 11. Both guild and union sources tell Deadline that they’re not far off from a deal, but a few key issues still need to be ironed out.
Among those are AI protections, which we hear executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland is being particularly bullish on. More specifically, he is so far not willing to agree to the AMPTP’s requested lengthier contract unless the studios will concede a bit more on artificial intelligence. A labor insider tells us that there’s likely a path, “but it’s not going to be easy.”
To be fair, as the source points out, the fact that Crabtree-Ireland has signaled privately that he’s open to a four-year deal at all is a strong indicator the parties can find a middle ground.
SAG-AFTRA and the studios have a tentative deal
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FULL title: SAG-AFTRA Resumes Talks With AMPTP: AI & Pension Funding Details Need Work As Parties Seek To Close Deal Before DGA Negotiations