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Towards white smoke in Hollywood? According to the specialized press, the studios and the Screenwriters Guild (WGA) have never been closer to reaching an agreement to end the authors' strike which has been hampering the Mecca of entertainment for 145 days. The studios, via their common organization the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), sent their “last and best offer” to the Writer’s Guild Association on Saturday. In other words, the employers do not intend to put more on the table.
The two camps meet this Sunday for a fifth day in a row of negotiations at the end of which the WGA will announce whether or not it accepts the AMPTP proposal. This dialogue is a major gesture of goodwill: for weeks studio bigwigs refused to dialogue with the WGA.
According to Variety, the WGA would have obtained guarantees on the question of sharing revenues linked to streaming and on the minimum number of screenwriters required in the writing room. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the bulk of the discussions since yesterday have focused on the legal formulation of this new collective agreement valid for three years. The issues surrounding the regulation of the use of artificial intelligence are among the thorniest points. Progress in this area is unpredictable.
The standoff between the AMPTP and the WGA defused Thursday when bigwigs from Disney (Bob Iger), Netflix (Ted Sarandos), Warner Bros (David Zaslav) and NBCUniversal (Donna Langley), returned to the discussion table. According to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, the two camps would like to validate the agreement before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur which begins this Sunday evening.
If the WGA ever ratifies this new collective agreement, the AMPTP will then have to sit down at the negotiating table with the actors' guild (SAG-AFTRA). The union, whose first walkout in four decades, has not spoken to the employers since mid-July. The mobilization of actors has brought Hollywood to a standstill, permanently suspending filming and promotional activities.
