LOS ANGELES , California ( CNN ) -- Instead of resuming contract talks to prevent a Hollywood movie and TV production shutdown , Screen Actors Guild ( SAG ) members were in court Tuesday fighting over who should lead those negotiations . Doug Allen was the executive director of the Screen Actors Guild until he was fired by the board . SAG 's board fired Executive Director Doug Allen and named a new chief negotiator last week amid a bitter division among the actors over the question of calling a strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers ( AMPTP ) . The new negotiators arranged for contract talks to resume Tuesday , after several months of a deadlock , but a faction of union filed a complaint Monday disputing Allen 's firing . `` In light of this circumstance , both parties have agreed to a postponement of their meeting and will reschedule at a later date , '' a SAG statement said . A Los Angeles judge rejected their request for an injunction , finding `` that the notice and application for the injunction , as well as the underlying complaint , were procedurally defective , '' according to a statement issued Tuesday afternoon by SAG . The statement said the plaintiffs told the judge they would be back Thursday with amended papers asking for an injunction to restore Allen to the post . The actors have been working without a contract since June 30 . The two sides have been at odds mainly over the amount actors should be paid when their movies or TV shows are distributed on discs or through `` new media , '' such as mobile phones and the Internet .
NEW : This means the product will ship as received by the manufacturer, sealed, with all advertised components, and with the manufacturer warranty. procedurally defective ' Faction of union had filed complaint disputing firing of former negotiator . Screen Actors Guild divided over strike question . SAG 's contract with producers ran out June 30 .