Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters are resuming negotiations for the second day in a row Thursday.
Fran Drescher, left, president of SAG-AFTRA, and Meredith Stiehm, president of Writers Guild of America West, pose together during a rally by striking writers outside Paramount Pictures studio in Los Angeles on May 8, 2023. This combination of photos shows Disney CEO Bob Iger, left, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.
Meredith Stiehm, president of the Writers Guild of America West, pickets outside Paramount Pictures studio, Monday, May 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. Negotiations between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios are set to resume Wednesday, the latest attempt to bring an end to pickets that have brought film and television productions to a halt. The two sides have been divided on issues of pay, the size of writing staffs on shows and the use of artificial intelligence in how scripts are created.
Fran Drescher, left, president of SAG-AFTRA, and Meredith Stiehm, president of Writers Guild of America West, pose together during a rally by striking writers outside Paramount Pictures studio in Los Angeles on May 8, 2023. Fran Drescher, left, president of SAG-AFTRA, and Meredith Stiehm, president of Writers Guild of America West, pose together during a rally by striking writers outside Paramount Pictures studio in Los Angeles on May 8, 2023.