Slashfilm.com rapporterar om strejken, och vad som förhoppningsvis är slutet. Den informella deal som Michael Eisner sannolikt uttalade sig om tidigare, blev under lördagen konkretiserad i form av ett avtalsförslag. De två WGA-avdelningarna, West och East, möttes under lördagen för att dryfta förslaget och det verkar som om det mottogs med positiv feedback.

Nikki Finkes källa om mötet med WGA East:

“East meeting was insanely civil. Not one chair thrown. I was at the meeting in the same ballroom the second week of the strike, when the same people were sitting up there and were characteristically defensive about why we had gone out and if they knew what they were doing. Today, those same people were not only confident, they were not in the least defensive about the deal — they were realistic, 180 degrees from the chaos and disarray I smelled three months ago. [...] I’ll stop short of calling it a love fest, but not all that short. Legit questions were raised and respectfully answered. Again, no defensiveness. There was an informal applause poll, and the room was overwhelmingly in favor of ending the strike before a membership ratification vote.”

Maria Elena Fernandez (LA Times Strike Blog) om mötet med WGA West:

“I’ve received word from inside the Shrine Auditorium meeting that the WGA West membership seemed “very positive” about resolving the strike as soon as possible and accepting the deal negotiated by the guild leadership. A writer attendee just left the confab and told me: “There was cheering and standing ovation after standing ovation for all the leadership, especially Patric Verrone and Dave Young. Patric said the strike would be lifted 48 hours after the WGA boards meet Sunday to recommend the contract, but it was very unclear exactly what day we all go back to work. He said we would go back to work in 48 hours after the deal is recommended, so that may be Tuesday or Wednesday, and then the membership vote would be taken 10 days later. There is no question in my mind that because of the atmosphere in that room this strike will be called off. It’s over.”