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The WGA has agreed to sign an interim deal with United Artists that would allow feature film writers to go back to work for the studio.
Neither the WGA nor UA confirmed the negotiations Saturday but sources familiar with the agreement said a formal announcement will be made on Monday. The deal won't include MGM, the majority owner of UA.
Specifics of the WGA-UA agreement will be kept under wraps but will likely mirror the terms in the interim pact that guild inked last week with David Letterman's Worldwide Pants.
The Worldwide Pants and UA deals are part of the WGA's strategy to "divide and conquer" the industry by negotiating individual agreements, thus enabling the guild to portray itself as a reasonably party in what's been a bitter dispute with the majors. The guild's talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers collapsed on Dec. 7 after the AMPTP demanded that the WGA take six proposals off the table as a condition of continuing negotiations; no new talks have been set.
UA jump-started operations in late 2006 with Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner coming on board with ownership stakes with invocations of bringing back UA's artist-friendly tradition. The studio was founded nearly 90 years ago by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith and Mary Pickford. 'JUNO' SURPRISE HIT OF THE YEAR!
After placing fifth a week ago, the Jason Reitman teen pregnancy comedy pushed its way to second yesterday with $5.2 million; repping a 56% uptick thanks to its theater expansion to 1,925. In the midst of its fifth frame, the pic has accumulated $41 million.
Meanwhile, Book of Secrets," playing at 3,762 hardtops, dropped 48% from last Friday, however, its total domestic haul currently stands at $157.2 million; 60% ahead of its first installment.
Overall the first Friday of 2008 proved to be a healthy day at the box office with the top 10 pics raking in $36.8 million, a 21% gain over the first Friday of 2007.
While "Juno" hopes to latch onto second place throughout the weekend, the pic squeaked past Warner Bros. fare "One Missed Call" and I Am Legend" which respectively filled the day's third and fourth slots.
