The Writers Guild of America has reached a tentative four-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers group representing studios and streamers.
If given the stamp of approval by union leaders and members, the deal will be notable for its unusually long term. Three-year deals have generally been the norm since at least the 1940s for Hollywood unions, but the AMPTP had been toying with the idea of a longer contract term to bring more labor stability in the wake of the 2023 double Hollywood strikes. The guild may have been receptive to that idea as it faced a pressing need to shore up its health fund, which is jointly administered by the union and studios.
The union was also focused on bolstering guardrails around the use of generative AI, specifically by regulating the training of AI tools on members’ scripts or the licensing of scripts to train those tools.
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