The Writer’s Guild Strike is all but over but Star Trek won’t resume work anytime soon

The Writer’s Guild Strike appears to be at an end but the wait for new Star Trek continues.

It’s being reported from all over that the Writer’s Guild has seemingly struck a deal with the biggest studios in Hollywood on a new collected bargaining agreement. It was a deal that is rumored to have given the writers at least most, if not every major thing they asked for; leading to the question of why it took so long to get it done. Regardless, the writers are on the verge of returning to work but does that mean production will begin when they do?

No, just because the writers are back doesn’t mean the actors are back. The Actors Guild, aka SAG-AFTRA, is not only still on strike, but it doesn’t seem like they’re close to a new deal at the moment. Considering the strike revealed how many talents aren’t making a living wage despite constantly working, it’s not likely they’ll return to work until a fair deal is agreed upon.

Until they can come to an agreement, the biggest studios in Hollywood will remain empty and without new content to sell to people.

Star Trek’s production hiatus could continue for a bit longer

It took the writers months to get a new deal, and they started striking long before the actors did. It’s likely that the actor’s strike won’t last as long as the writer’s strike, as the studios have already lost quite a bit of money from the dual strike, but until the guild gets a deal they believe to be fair, the strike won’t end anytime soon.

The good news, however, is that Star Trek can go back to writing and editing scripts and the like, allowing them to get some leg work done ahead of the eventual end of the SAG-AFTRA strike. Until that strike is over, however, Trek fans will have to just wait for filming to begin again.