It’s the final countdown in Hollywood, as two major actors unions have to decide on their negotiation strategy because their contracts with the top studios is going to expire at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. According to The Associated Press, the Screen Actors Guild, also known as SAG and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists or AFTRA have different opinions regarding their expectations from the contracts with the studios.

The SAG, formed almost exclusively by movie actors and many TV actors, wants to convince AFTRA, a smaller but still important union, to vote against the deal from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPT), saying that they could manage to obtain a better deal with producers. AFTRA’s vote results are expected by July 8. The two unions share about 44,000 members.

Although the situation is tense, Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg said that there weren’t discussions regarding a strike.

"Any talk about a strike or a management lockout at this point is simply a distraction,” adding that the SAG was willing to negotiate “a fair contract for actors,” reported The Associated Press.

On one hand, there is Tom Hanks who supports AFTRA’s deal and on the other hand, there is Jack Nicholson who backs SAG. In an attempt to reunite the divided unions, actor George Clooney suggested that the only way to get through this was for the actors to work together and make a panel of 10 well-paid actors who would represent the unions in their talk with the studios.

SAG’s demands are similar to those of Hollywood’s writers who went on strike months ago. The actors said they should be paid also for their work that was sold by films studios in DVD or using online streaming.

While AFTRA reached its own deal with the studios, SAG said that they don’t agree, as there are many issues which had to be solved.

“I've never seen anything like this,” said former SAG President Richard Masur, adding that the union’s campaign was “incredibly divisive,” reported the Los Angeles Times.