ET has the details...

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has reached a tentative agreement on the terms of a new three-year labor contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) -- a deal that could potentially spur striking writers to press their own WGA negotiators to make a deal ending their now 11-week-long strike.

"Two words describe this [the directors' and producers'] agreement -- groundbreaking and substantial," GIL CATES, chair of the DGA's Negotiations Committee, tells ET. "The gains in this contract for directors and their teams are extraordinary -- and there are no rollbacks of any kind."

Through their new agreement, directors would net increased wages and residuals each of the three years, plus make a number of Internet-related gains.