The Writers Guild has announced that the writer’s strike will officially be over in just a few hours – specifically at 12:01am US-PST on Wednesday. The news marks the end of a 148-day stand-off between the Writers Guild and the AMPTP.
A tentative agreement between the AMPTP and the WGA was reached on Sunday, with the boards of the WGA West and WGA East having voted on it today.
All have voted unanimously to recommend the agreement which will now go to the Guild’s membership for a ratification vote which will take place from October 2nd to October 9th.
Both the WGAW Board and WGAE Council have also voted unanimously to lift the restraining order and end the strike as of 12:01 am PT/3:01 am ET on Wednesday, September 27th.
The move allows writers to return to work during the ratification process. On the small chance members reject the tentative agreement, the strike will start back up again.
In addition, details of the new agreement have been publicly released and are up at the WGA Contract 2023 site.
Many are eager to get back to work, including “The Last of Us” showrunner Craig Mazin who wrote on Threads a few hours ago that “the second” the strike is officially lifted, he’ll get to work on writing the remainder of the HBO show’s second season which is expected to begin production in early 2024.
Meanwhile, the actor’s strike is ongoing. Whilst SAG-AFTRA has issued a statement saying no meetings with the AMPTP are taking place this week, reports have emerged at Deadline and other places suggesting such a meeting could take place in a matter of days.
Source: Variety
