The 118-day strike will end officially just after midnight, SAG-AFTRA said in a statement.
The breakthrough means Hollywood can ramp up to full production for the first time since May, once union members vote to ratify the deal in the coming weeks.
I love how all these "the strike is over/a strike was averted" announcements never even hint at the possibility that union membership has the independence to vote against their leadership whenever their betters declare that they are satisfied.
Prior to this announcement, we were hearing rumours of the exact opposite - that the union leadership was more zealous about their demands than (some of) the actors. That's especially credible when the newest demand was that the union wanted the studios to pay the union a fee (for being a parasitic thorn in their side, presumably) and bypassing the actors entirely.
I love how all these "the strike is over/a strike was averted" announcements never even hint at the possibility that union membership has the independence to vote against their leadership whenever their betters declare that they are satisfied.
Prior to this announcement, we were hearing rumours of the exact opposite - that the union leadership was more zealous about their demands than (some of) the actors. That's especially credible when the newest demand was that the union wanted the studios to pay the union a fee (for being a parasitic thorn in their side, presumably) and bypassing the actors entirely.