Hollywood actors will go on strike at midnight after talks with studios broke down, joining film and television writers who have been on picket lines since May
and other companies, said it was "deeply disappointed that SAG-AFTRA has decided to walk away from negotiations."
"Rather than continuing to negotiate, SAG-AFTRA has put us on a course that will deepen the financial hardship for thousands who depend on the industry for their livelihoods," the AMPTP said.The strike by roughly 11,500 writers has sent late-night television talk shows into endless reruns, disrupted most production for the fall TV season and halted work on big-budget movies.
Hollywood has not faced simultaneous strikes since 1960, when members of the WGA and the Screen Actors Guild both walked off the job in a fight over residuals from films sold to TV networks.
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