The ripple effects of 2023 Writers Guild of America Strike continue. On Friday, August 8, WGA announced to Park Chan-Wook and Don McKellar had been expelled from the Union to write HBO Limited series, ”The sympathizer“While their co -authors picked. This is not the first discipline action from the Union in terms of the strike. According to reports, seven authors have been docked for violations.
The historical strike of 148 days took up several months 2023-Mest at the same time as the Sag-Aftra-strike-and resulted in a new contract agreement between the authors and the studios that increased wages, set standards for author rooms and included provisions for streaming residues and frameworks for AI rules. It had a significant impact on the Los Angeles economy, as well as the film industry in general, as studio parties sat dormant and theaters, networks and streamers felt shock waves in their release pipeline.
Chan-Wook and McKellars “The sympathizer” Released in 2024 for solid reviews, especially for Robert Downey, Jr., who received an Emmy nomination for his work. The series involved a North Vietnamese mole that hid in a South Vietnamese society in the United States. The story, based on a novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, is controversial in Vietnam, where the book has never officially published.
Chan-Wook and McKellar have another collaboration, the South Korean movie “No Other Choice”, which premieres at Venice Film Festival In September.
Anthony Cipriano was announced during the time to be canceled until May 1, 2026 by WGA for writing “The Last Breath.” In addition, Cipriano was melted with a lifetime censorship and is forbidden to ever serve as the strike captain. Other publicly known expulsions include the “Virgin River” Showrunner Roma Roth and “Guns Up” author/director Edward Drake.
According to a memo from WGA, the decisions have been made by the strike rules compliance committee. “They examined dozens’ allegations of violations and decided whether there was enough evidence to send cases to the board of further action,” read Memo (via Amount). “All these members voluntarily their time for the sensitive but necessary task of holding writers responsible for fulfilling their obligations to their co -members according to the strike rules, the work rules and the WGAW constitution.”
