After several long consecutive days of negotiations, the WGA and the AMPTP have reached a tentative deal on a new contract in a major development that could precipitate the end of a historic, 146-day writers’ strike
The parties came to terms on a provisional three-year agreement — which will need to be ratified by WGA members to take effect — on Sunday after studios responded to last-minute union asks that day. Specifics of the deal affecting around 11,500 WGA members weren’t available at press time, but they will come out in the next few days. We should note, on day 146 of the ongoing WGA strike, the work stoppage was closing in on being the longest in the union’s history. The current record was set way back in 1988, when the WGA struck Hollywood companies for 154 days.
Hundreds of filmmakers attending the Burbank International Film Festival’s awards gala last night broke into cheers when the deal was announced from the stage.
We should also note, the deal is still tentative in nature, but the agreement is massive development.
The WGA strike, which began back on May 2, had an immediate impact: According to FilmLA, the quarter that started in April and ended in June saw a total of 6,566 shoot days, roughly a 29 percent decline from the same period last year. So many major projects and daytime television were halted or postponed, including Netflix’s Stranger Things, Apple TV+’s Loot, and Marvel’s Blade 2 and Thunderbolts, Venom 3, Gladiator 2 and Deadpool 2, The Drew Barrymore Show, The Jennifer Hudson Show and more!
