Over on Variety's strike blog, Josef Adalian posted this on Wed:
Save the date: One wag's (not-so) wacky theory on how the strike will end...
Pencil in Dec. 7 for some margaritas. That's the day the strike will end.
OK, so we don't actually know this for sure. But one major Hollywood manager we trust has worked out a scenario in which labor peace will come to Hollywood by the first week of next month.
The way he sees it, next week's WGA-AMPTP negotiations should go smoothly. He argues that the outlines of an agreement were hammered out last week during the back channel negotiations involving key agents, moguls and showrunners.
Anyway, he thinks a tentative deal could be announced within a few days of the talks resuming. It'll then take a few more days for the WGA to poll its membership, leaving Dec. 7 as the day the WGA declares the new contract has been ratified.
Wishful thinking? Perhaps. Plenty of other insiders remain doubtful that a deal is even within reach. But hey, a little hope during the holidays never hurt anybody...
With new talks set to start up again on Monday--Anythings possible of course, but the divide between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers seems far too wide as I type this for there to be a resolution in a mere 2 weeks time. Personally, until the "new media" compensation issue is ironed out, I see things getting worse before they get better (IE more films will get scraped/delayed).
Stay Tuned...
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