The historic strike is now at an end. The major Hollywood studios and the WGA have finally come together and have tentatively agreed to a brand-new deal that will see the writers strikes end, and movies and show productions finally get booted back up again.
Well, let’s see if these strikes will actually result in better movies and shows.
After a record-breaking 146 days of strikes and negotiations, the WGA and the major Hollywood studios have at long last come together and agreed to a new deal that will allow all productions to resume. And, to be honest, I really don’t know how this deal with affect the future of Hollywood going forward.
Okay, I really can’t say anything about this agreement beyond the basic, bare-bones comments given…well, I’ve got no idea that this agreement entails. The only thing that has been stated about this purported agreement between the WGA and the major Hollywood studios is from the WGA negotiation committee, which stated, “What we have won in this contract — most particularly, everything we have gained since May 2nd — is due to the willingness of this membership to exercise its power, to demonstrate its solidarity, to walk side-by-side, to endure the pain and uncertainty of the past 146 days.”
I’m guessing this agreement probably has assurances against A.I. usage by the major studios, pay increases for the writers, and maybe even writing room minimums, though I can’t be 100% certain. This is a pretty self-congratulatory statement as one would expect, so there’s not going to be too much substantive material to pick from.
Nevertheless, what I can say is that its good these writing strikes are nearing its end (the WGA still needs to ratify, and etcetera for the agreement to pass) as it means Hollywood can finally get back to making stories, in both movie and television, form that everyone has been clamoring for. Well, maybe just some of these stories have been desired by the general public.
As I’ve stated many times, the lack of quality and the influx of pure, unfiltered quantity in the movie and television industries has been very damaging to the brands of everyone and everything involved, such as the Hollywood studios, the writers, actors (who are yet to agree to a new deal), directors, and the very entertainment brands these studios write within and promote.
I never thought that these strikes would resolve the issues within the writing rooms and studio offices in terms of on-screen quality, but I hope there’s more stricter restrictions on the types of projects being put out or else they’re just going to find themselves back in the same position as they are now.
There’s a reason why there wasn’t a major clamoring for the vast majority of these writers and studios to get back to work (some projects did have this attention, such as Dune: Part 2), and it’s due to a lot of the major studio projects just being completely useless and woeful. I mean, when was the last time one of these major studios could boast of releasing just three great projects, whether they are movies or shows, in a row?
Obviously, you can’t have an all-time classic with every show or movie you make, but the level of crap that has been released over the last eight or so years has outweighed the good projects by tenfold.
And that’s a major issue that NEEDS to be resolved, or every single one of these people will be out of jobs in no time.
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