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Weinstein Reaches WGA Deal

'We need to get people back to work,' mogul says of interim pact

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 10, 2008 2:21 PM CST

(Newser) – The Weinstein Company, a prominent Hollywood independent film company, has reached an interim agreement with the striking writer’s guild, the New York Times reports. The deal is supposedly similar to that reached by United Artists last week, and its particular terms are designed to be superseded by any deal eventually reached between the Writers Guild and movie and TV producers.

“We need to get people back to work,” chief Harvey Weinstein said today, adding that major industry firms have reacted "negatively" to his brokering of an interim agreement, as they did to UA’s temporary deal. Weinstein says he feels an obligation to help those in the entertainment industry put out of work by the stalemate, which began Nov. 5.

Michael Moore's 'Sicko' DVD, put out by the Weinstein company.
Michael Moore's 'Sicko' DVD, put out by the Weinstein company.   (Associated Press)
American producer Harvey Weinstein arrives for the screening of the film Sicko, at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Saturday, May 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
American producer Harvey Weinstein arrives for the screening of the film "Sicko," at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Saturday, May 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)   (Associated Press)
Striking film and television writers picket outside NBC Studios Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, in Burbank, Calif. David Letterman and Jay Leno are set to return to the air Wednesday night, two months after writers went on strike.  (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
Striking film and television writers picket outside NBC Studios Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, in Burbank, Calif. David Letterman and Jay Leno are set to return to the air Wednesday night, two months after...   (Associated Press)
Harvey Weinstein arrives at a dinner to celebrate Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in this  May 8, 2006 file photo in New York. Hollywood producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein said Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007,  they have launched a US$285 million (207...
Harvey Weinstein arrives at a dinner to celebrate Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in this May 8, 2006 file photo in New York. Hollywood producers Bob and...   (Associated Press)
Harvey Weinstein arrives for the Broadway opening of the new musical Young Frankenstein in New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Harvey Weinstein arrives for the Broadway opening of the new musical "Young Frankenstein" in New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)   (Associated Press)
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