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Article: As good as it gets: SAG warned not to overreach WGA deal.(Screen Actors Guild)
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- Daily Variety
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- April 8, 2008
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In a move designed to pressure the Screen Actors Guild into making a deal, the majors have told SAG to forget about asking for sweeter terms than those secured by the WGA and DGA.
In an open letter issued Monday by the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, the congloms sent a clear signal to SAG leaders that they won't break the pattern set in the recent deals for writers and directors. SAG's talks start April 15, and AFTRA--which split off from the Screen Actors Guild late last month--begins April 28.
"We hope that our negotiations with SAG and AFTRA will bolster this new economic framework, enabling all of us to share equitably in the ...