Some good news.
The Writers Guild and AMPTP have supposedly come to an agreement. At least, that’s the word on the street. Nothing official just yet, but this day 145 of the strike might very well be the last one.
Negotiations are rumored to wrap later tonight. Congrats to the WGA on holding strong for close to five months. I don’t think the studios expected it to last this long — it helped their cause that the actors also went on strike.
Next up will be SAG AFTRA. Most of the people I’ve spoken to are optimistic about the actors’ demands being met sooner rather than later. Things in Hollywood should start to resume to some kind of normalcy by next month (we hope).
It’s been a rough go. Some of the filmmakers who were supposed to shoot this fall, but had their projects delayed, include Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Alfonso Cuarón, James Gray, Josh Safdie and Ari Aster.
This also means that, even if the WGA agreement isn’t ratified, the resolutions in the final document may let business resume. Also, SAG AFTRA might be able to let go of their no-promotion rule if they think a deal is imminent.
This all means that actors can actually promote their films and campaign for awards season. It also might result in next year’s film festivals not being so vacant in Hollywood titles.