Hollywood studio productions have been frozen due to the actors’ strike for months, although the screenwriters reached a settlement with the studios in early October.
SAG-AFTRA, the union representing actors in the United States, has reached a preliminary agreement in contract negotiations with Hollywood studios, the union says.
“SAG-AFTRA approved the tentative agreement in a unanimous vote this afternoon … ending the 118-day strike,” a union spokeswoman said in a statement.
According to the union, the strike will end on November 9 after the local time has changed.
The contract still needs to be confirmed. The SAG-AFTRA board says it will review the contract at its meeting on Friday and will provide more information on the matter after the meeting.
According to news agency AFP, the agreement is widely expected to pass through the union’s executive board.
The members of the union went on strike in mid-July and asked for an increase in minimum wages, a share of the income generated by streaming services and assurance that the Actors will not be replaced by digital copies created by artificial intelligence in the future.
Hollywood productions have been frozen due to strikes for months. The screenwriters, who started their own strike in May, came to an agreement with the studios in early October, but the end of the actors’ strike would start the Hollywood production machinery at full power again after a break of about half a year.
About 160,000 film and television actors and performers belong to the SAG-AFTRA union.
Source: Reuters