US actors union agrees to extend talks as A-list stars show they are ready to strike

Members of Sag-Aftra might join writers on the picket line if negotiations aren’t fruitful. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

The US actors’ union and Hollywood studios announced in a statement on Friday that the two sides had agreed to extend their current labor deal through 12 July, hours before a midnight deadline.

“The parties will continue to negotiate under a mutually agreed upon media blackout,” the parties said.