For San Francisco film lovers, we’re pleased to present this story from “The Moving Picture”.

After months of negotiations, Mad Men creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner has cut a two-year deal with Lionsgate TV that will keep him at the helm of his Emmy-winning AMC drama, report the trades.

The deal is said to cover Weiner’s services on Mad Men for the show’s third and fourth seasons as well as other TV development. It also includes a component for a feature film project through Lionsgate.

Weiner’s negotiations with Lionsgate became highly public last year after the showrunner let it be known that his contract on the show ran out after the second season, which wrapped in October.

Weiner sought a hefty pay raise for himself and in the show’s budget after all of the pop culture buzz, award recognition and critical acclaim the period drama has garnered.

Weiner nurtured Mad Men, which he wrote as a spec, for seven years before it got a green light from AMC in 2006. Its third season is scheduled to premiere this summer.

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