This is Day 92 of theSAG-AFTRA strike.
Striking actors who gathered Thursday outside Netflix and Warner Bros.
Discovery offices also cheered the announcement ofbipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senateto protect them fromartificial intelligence.
Scenes from the SAG-AFTRA picket lines Thursday in New York CitySean Piccoli/Deadline
They say this shit, and then a month later if you hold fast suddenly its on the table.
Simon added a parting shot at theAMPTP: Their playbook is always the same.
In a way Im not surprised that theyre doing the same thing with us, Rapp said.
And I think theyve done the same thing again.
Rapp acknowledged that performers had allowed themselves some optimism.
Because the alternative is unthinkable and untenable, Mulcahy said.
Mulcahy said that these talks feel different from the previous three he worked on.
However, with the advent and the threat ofAI, it has pulled us all together, he continued.
Historically, that room has been a little separated performers, actors, stunts, background.
Cheers erupted, and the SAG-AFTRA strike captain, Sue Berch, repeated the news.
Thats how this works: We get legislation as well as being on the streets.
The WGA contract includes groundbreaking limits on AI to protect writers from being replaced by software.
Were going to keep turning out members and showing up in numbers, Gordon said.
