The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has agreed to a proposal from the Writers Guild of America that talks between the parties, delayed from March 23 by the pandemic, will start next month, according to a letter obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.
In the Friday letter, AMPTP president Carol Lombardini tells WGA West executive director David Young that the studio alliance agrees with his suggestion in a Friday email that the parties exchange initial proposals May 1 and begin talks May 11.
Per an earlier proposal by the AMPTP, the current contract, set to expire May 1, will be extended to June 30. "Since these negotiations will be conducted in a unusual manner," Lombardini writes, "kindly call me at your convenience so that.