Film and television studio Lionsgate and movie company Marvel Studios have reached agreements with the Writers Guild of America, joining a handful of other companies that already have deals with the striking writers.

Lionsgate announced Thursday that it had reached an interim agreement with the WGA which will enable it to put two high-profile cable television series back into production: “Weeds,” which airs on Showtime, and “Mad Men,” which airs on AMC.

A company spokesperson said the agreement is the same as those the WGA has signed with several other companies, including independent production companies The Weinstein Co., Tom Cruise’s United Artists and David Letterman's Worldwide Pants, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Marvel Studios, a unit of Marvel Entertainment Inc., and the Guild also said they had reached an agreement. Marvel is producing movies such as “Captain America,” “Iron Man” and “The Incredible Hulk.”

The Lionsgate agreement will allow television writers to resume work on the above-mentioned shows, after nearly three months of interrupted production. Upcoming Lionsgate films include Sylvester Stallone’s “Rambo” sequel, “The Eye” and “Saw 5.”

“The writers' issue seems on its way to being solved and Lionsgate felt it was an important time, particularly in view of our TV series, to have our writer partners get back to work,” Lionsgate said in a statement. “We look forward to a broad industry agreement soon.”

While interim deals are being reached, representatives of the WGA and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers met this week for the first time since negotiations broke down on Dec. 7, to have “informal discussions.” The informal talks could be a prelude to official bargaining.

The recent labor pact between the AMPTP and Hollywood directors could be a step forward towards solving the crisis with studio bosses. The contract agreed on last week with the Directors Guild of America is satisfactory to striking writers in that their demand to be paid more for material distributed over the Internet has been met.

The strike began on Nov. 5 and has had a heavy impact on the entertainment industry.