Lionsgate reaches deal with striking writers

Good news for people who love television. According to a TV Guide report, Lionsgate Entertainment has announced that it has signed an interim agreement with the Writer's Guild of America allowing popular shows Weeds and Mad Men to go back into production.

Lionsgate is the latest independent film company to sign a deal with the WGA following The Weinstein Company, RKO and Marvel Entertainment. However, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is neither happy nor hopeful about the group of independent production companies, as they recently stated:

“These one-off agreements are meaningless because the companies signing them know they will not have to abide by their terms for very long, since they'll be superseded by whatever final industry wide accords are reached. If companies truly had to live by the terms of these one-off agreements, we are confident none would ever be signed."

The strike has been going on for three months now and has suspended production on most television shows and stopped most movie development. Award shows have been particularly hard hit, and the Golden Globes have been the biggest casualty so far.

Related links:
Lionsgate.com
TvGuide.com
WGA.org

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