Studios’ Labor Focus Shifts to Actors With Writers Deal Clinched

It’s time for Act 2 in Hollywood’s long summer of labor trouble: getting actors back to work.

Striking Hollywood writers reached a new labor agreement with studios including Walt Disney Co. and Netflix Inc., but production remains shut down. An actual return to filming will require a new contract between SAG-Aftra — the Screen Actors Guild — and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, the studios’ bargaining group.

The actors have been on the picket line since July, striking over the same issues as writers, including wages, residual pay for reruns on streaming services and protection against ...