With little certainty about when the contract stalemate between the Screen Actors Guild and the majors will end, the employment picture for thesps has turned into a tale of two cities — one hopping with TV lensing activity, the other slowing to a crawl on the film side.
That scenario’s likely to persist for the immediate future. SAG wrapped its off-the-record sidebar session Wednesday with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers after several hours with both sides refusing to disclose any details and the congloms noting no further meetings have been skedded.
The AMPTP and SAG have been in a stalemate for over two weeks, ever since the majors handed SAG its final offer for a new three-year contract. As a result, activity on studio features has all but dried up for the next few months as the majors appear unwilling to risk starting more pics this year.
