UPDATE: 2:57 PM PT — Updated with statement from WGA and details on agreement
Creative Artists Agency and Writers Guild of America West announced on Wednesday that they have reached a deal on a new franchise agreement that will allow writers to be represented by the agency after a nearly two-year standoff.
“CAA and the WGA have concluded and signed a franchise agreement confirming CAA can resume representing writers and continue the important work of helping them realize their ambitions. We end this year of unprecedented global challenges with the optimism and energy that today’s news brings, starting now, and for the years ahead,” a CAA spokesperson said Wednesday.