The Directors Guild of America reached a new three-year deal with Hollywood studios on Saturday night that increases wages, streaming residuals, scales back hours and more.
"We have concluded a truly historic deal," said the chair of the DGA's 80-member Negotiations Committee, Jon Avnet, in a
The current contract is set to end on June 30. It is unclear what effect, if any, the tentative new agreement will have on the striking writers. Additionally, the contract promises that directors cannot be replaced by artificial intelligence — a point of contention for the strikers. The agreement also made strides in further transparency around residuals and"improvements in diversity and inclusion," including the addition of Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of Black Americans from slavery, as a paid holiday for DGA members.
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