In Hollywood, screenwriters can get back to work

Leaders of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), the powerful screenwriters union, approved the latest wage deal reached with studios on Tuesday evening and reported that their members were back on the job on Wednesday after a nearly five-month strike. Paralyzed Hollywood.

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The union’s board of directors “voted unanimously to recommend a wage agreement,” he X said earlier on Twitter. “Strike ends at 12:01 a.m.,” Los Angeles time, this Wednesday.

In theory, the deal could theoretically be rejected by the 11,500 screenwriters represented by the WGA in America: the syndicate announced that it should be the subject of a referendum “between October 2 and 9.”

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But most industry experts believe that this approval should be a formality. While waiting for the process to be completed, professionals will be able to return to work on Wednesday.

Many American series and movies that are stuck in the early stages of writing will also be restarted. Late-night talk shows hosted by anchors that require scripts are also expected to go on air next month.

Presenting the agreement reached with the studios on Sunday, after five days of a new round of negotiations, the WGA promised it was an “exceptional” compromise.

According to him, this includes “significant gains” in terms of wages and security measures to limit the use of artificial intelligence.

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But even after the scriptwriters’ final approval, Hollywood is still far from back to normal. Because the actors represented by the SAG-AFTRA union are still on strike.

A resolution to the communal conflict that has been going on since mid-July may take several more weeks. Because some of SAG-AFTRA’s demands exceed those of the WGA.

So negotiations promise to be difficult. Its collective agreements are up for renewal next year, especially since studios know that releasing actors will serve as a standard for techies in the industry.

Even after the cast returned to work, it would certainly take months to get everyone back on set and get through the backlogs accumulated by countless Hollywood productions.