There are still major points of disagreement, but eight days of talks have given hope that the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers can reach an agreement, Daily Variety reported.

In a statement that ended an eight-day negotiation news blackout, the producers group posted a note on the Internet that said, "we owe it to our entire industry to give the current SAG-AMPTP talks every opportunity to result in an agreement."

The Screen Actors Guild contract expires June 30. The group has repeatedly said it wishes to avoid a strike, the report said.