Hollywood Guild Deals Unpacked: What Attorneys Need to Know

The DGA's new four-year deal with the AMPTP closed out the 2026 bargaining season for the three major guilds. With the 2023 strikes in the rear view, this deal reflects an evolving industry ready to move forward. In this fast paced 30-minute breakdown, guild experts will walk through the essential details for practitioners - including wage and fringe increases, updated AI provisions, and provisions impacting pre-production, post-production, and on-screen credit.

Daniel Stone
David Shraga
Ryan Wedell

The 2026 SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Agreement has now been ratified and covers a lot of ground. The four-year deal running through June 2030 includes important changes to working rules, money breaks, residuals, and of course digital replica and artificial intelligence restrictions.

Please join Ryan Wedell, whose practice centers on guild and production counsel matters, and David Shraga, a mediator specializing in entertainment, media, and intellectual property, as they walk through the agreement's key provisions and discuss what the deal means for producers, talent, and future negotiations across the industry.

David Shraga
Ryan Wedell

The Writers Guild of America’s new agreement with studios and streamers signals a meaningful shift in Hollywood’s labor deal landscape. Negotiated through a more productive process than the prior cycle and its painful strike, the deal reflects an industry recalibrating in real time. Rather than a reset, this iteration fine-tunes existing terms, enhanced residuals, adjustments to minimums, and incremental gains around streaming performance and AI transparency. The $321 million infusion into the Guild’s underfunded health plan also underscores the deep interdependence between labor and the companies sustaining the ecosystem. For practitioners, the significance lies as much in the process as in the substance, and what it signals for the next phase of the other upcoming Hollywood labor relations.

Speakers will break down the deal's key provisions, examine the implications of the longer contract term, and discuss what the WGA agreement means for ongoing and future negotiations across the industry.