The Writers Guild of America appeared to be nearing a tentative four-year contract agreement with the major studios Saturday, one year longer than the standard three-year deal, according to multiple media reports.
Any potential agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers would still have to be voted on by the full WGA membership.
No official announcement had been made by either side as of midday Saturday.
The agreement would include health plan/pension increases, bumps for Subscription Video on Demand, protection to police licensing for AI training and more, according to entertainment journalist Matt Belloni.
“Obviously this is a potential huge relief for Hollywood in general given WGA is most aggressive of major guilds. Will be interesting if SAG and DGA also move to 4-year deals,” Belloni wrote on X, referring to the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Directors Guild of America.
The current contracts for those unions are both due to expire on June 30.
In 2023, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA both staged prolonged strikes that caused significant economic impact to the entertainment industry and related businesses before both unions reached three-year contract agreements with the AMPTP.