- The actors’ strike is scheduled to end on Thursday.
- The actors’ union announced that a “provisional agreement” had been reached.
- The union members still have to ratify the agreement.
The actor’s strike in Hollywood, which has been going on since July, is seeing an end to the conflict with the studios. Representatives of the actors and film studios decided on the agreement on Wednesday (local time) “in a unanimous vote,” the SAG-AFTRAD union announced, according to consistent media reports.
According to the union, the agreement concluded with companies such as Disney and Netflix provides, among other things, higher salaries and better protection against the use of artificial intelligence.
The provisional agreement could end the 118-day strike at midnight (local time), it said. The agreement still needs to be ratified by union members before it can take effect.
Industry paralyzed for four months
The strike shut down production across the industry for nearly four months and raised existential questions about the future of the entertainment industry. The approximately 160,000 actors and actresses in the USA had been on strike since July 14th.
The actors demanded, among other things, better remuneration and the regulation of the use of artificial intelligence in the industry. The screenwriters had also been on strike since the beginning of May, but reached an agreement with the studios in early October. It was the first time in more than 60 years that writers and actors had struck at the same time.