The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Hollywood studios They have reached an “exceptional” pre-agreement this Sunday and must be ratified by the members of the union. Once ratified, this historic strike that has paralyzed the productions of a large part of the country’s film industry will be put to an end. for five months.

Since it is not definitive, they have not published the details, but the union assures that it is exceptional. “We can say, with great pride, that this agreement is exceptional, with significant benefits and protections for screenwriters in all sectors,” union members have pointed out. These are the keys and what they demanded to end the strikes:

Restrict artificial intelligence

Screenwriters call for restricting artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent studios ask a computer program to write a script and then hire a professional for a low salary to correct it.

The collection of so-called residuals

On television, every time an episode of a series is revived, its writers receive royalties. The platforms have stopped paying for it or they pay just a few cents. For screenwriters who have been working for years, this is usually their main source of income.

Salary improvements

Before, the series had around 22 episodes per season. The platforms have reduced them to six or eight chapters. Without residuals and with fewer episodes, the salaries of the scriptwriters have been reduced considerably while the income of the studios and their directors has not stopped growing, to the annoyance of the scriptwriters and actors.

Economically, this strike has meant, according to Forbes magazine, four billion losses for the industry and the local economy, about 30 million a day in the coffers of the state of California. Warner estimates that this year it will lose about 470 million euros.

With their strike over, the union encourages the screenwriters to accompany the actors in a historic struggle that reveals the power of collective bargaining.