Striking Hollywood writers and top studio executives met for a third straight day on Friday to try and end a work stoppage that has shut down film and TV production for months.
NBCUniversal Studio Group, took part in the talks with the Writers Guild of America for a third straight day.
Representatives for the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers , which represents the studios, had no comment.an appeal from WGA negotiatorsIn the crowd outside Netflix on Friday was "Mad Men" creator and writer Matthew Weiner, who like others voiced optimism that the recent talks signaled progress was being made.
"I'm hopeful," Weiner said of the possibility that the strike could be coming to an end. "I would like to go back to work and I would like to start mending these relationships."to demand higher pay and residuals in the streaming TV era plus limits around the use of artificial intelligence . Producer and WGA member Al Septien, also picketing outside Netflix on Friday, said he wanted to get back to work, but only under the right terms.
"We've been out here a long time. We don't want to fold for a less-than-fair and good contract for the writers,” he said.Reporting by Lisa Richwine, Dawn Chemielewski and Sandra Stojanovic in Los Angeles Editing by Shri Navaratnam
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