Hollywood screenwriters and studios seek to finally dissolve strike

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has come to a provisional deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), nearly five months after the strikes that rocked Hollywood and the entertainment industry began.

The strike was incited by low pay for writers, despite record profits for streamers and studios. The WGA strike in May was closely followed by the Screen Actors Guild—American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), who began picketing in July for similar reasons.

However, WGA announced this morning that a tentative deal had been reached after five days of negotiations with the AMPTP. In light of the news, SAG-AFTRA took to X—the social network formerly known as Twitter—this morning to confirm it will be continuing its own negotiations with the organization, but is also hoping to reach a deal. The tentative agreement caps five straight days of negotiations, including the appearance Thursday of Disney’s Bob Iger, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav and Comcast’s NBCUniversal Studio Group Chairman Donna Langley, a source familiar with the discussions said. (NBC News is owned by Comcast.)

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is already banking on a much-needed conclusion for a city powered in part by entertainment.

"Now, we must focus on getting the entertainment industry, and all the small businesses that depend on it, back on their feet and stronger than ever before," she said in a statement.