EXCLUSIVE: Sources are telling Deadline that the Writers Guild and AMPTP are resuming talks this afternoon. We’re instructed it’s not in particular person, moderately a zoom. We perceive that the WGA shall be delivering their counter to AMPTP’s counterproposal from Friday.

We heard that WGA strike captains and negotiating committee met yesterday to parse by means of AMPTP’s supply. By the tip of at this time, sources inform us we’re sure to have additional readability on talks, the very important factors being about viewership-based streaming residuals, pay raises, AI and the preservation of the writers’ room.

Knock on wooden, thus far the tone of talks have been progressive, we hear; that’s each side are keen to barter.

One of many deal factors believed to be supplied by studios is guaranteeing that screenplay writers are paid a revision price upfront with their important price, earlier than a revision is made.

Yesterday, in solidarity with the WGA, SAG-AFTRA modified their interim settlement coverage for indie tasks to exclude these shot within the U.S. that are coated by the WGA. Greater than 200 productions have signed interim agreements with SAG-AFTRA, and people offers will stay in impact.

“The Interim Settlement is a vital aspect of our strike technique,” the SAG-AFTRA Negotiating Committee mentioned in a press release yesterday. “We’ll now exclude from Interim Agreements any WGA-covered challenge to be produced within the USA. Now we have been suggested by the WGA that this modification will help them in executing their strike technique, and we imagine it doesn’t undermine the utility and effectiveness of ours. It’s a win-win change.

“Because of this, going ahead, for productions going down within the USA, SAG-AFTRA will solely grant Interim Agreements for non-WGA-covered tasks. And our employees will proceed to analyze every utility for an Interim Settlement to make sure solely true impartial productions are included.”

AMPTP and WGA reps had been unavailable for remark as a result of information blackout.

David Robb contributed to this report