By Linda Moss -- Multichannel News, 1/11/2008 4:35:00 AM
The striking Writers Guild of America has reached an interim deal with a second independent movie studio, Weinstein Co., officials confirmed Friday.
The terms of the deal have been agreed upon, and the actual contract is expected to be finalized and signed by Friday afternoon, Weinstein spokesman Matt Frankel said.
The pact will permit Harvey Weinstein’s studio to resume production on new films, including Nine from director Rob Marshall.
The WGA has already struck a similar pact with United Artists Films, the studio that actor Tom Cruise and his partner Paula Wagner partially own.
The guild went on strike Nov. 5 against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, and negotiations between both warring parties broke down in December.
In addition to the two film studios now, the WGA also cut an interim agreement with Worldwide Pants, late-night host David Letterman’s TV production company.
That deal permitted CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to both go back on the air with their writers.
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