The rumor that seems to be making the rounds is that the AMPTP and the DGA have already hammered out the main points of a deal and that they're just cleaning up language and addressing some minor points that need to be addressed. This may not be so but it's what people are saying and it at least feels likely. As I said the other day, it's always been unlikely that the DGA wouldn't be able to arrive at a deal. How good a one? And is it something that would work as well for writers and actors as it does for directors? That remains to be seen.
It may be seen quite soon. I suspect the AMPTP has something they think they can prove here; that this whole catastrophic strike wouldn't have happened if the WGA had just behaved like the DGA. I don't believe that for a minute. I think the studios thought they could steamroll over one union at a time starting with us and now that they know they can't, they're looking to make a deal and get their business back but to blame organized labor for their own refusal to negotiate. In any case, it's in their best interest to get a DGA deal done as quickly as possible, preferably while Nikki Finke is on vacation.