The Writers Guild of America West has ordered its members to stop working with The Expendables producer Millennium Photos, citing that the corporate shouldn’t be a signatory to its present union settlement. “We’re writing to provide you with a warning that WGA members are prohibited underneath Working Rule 8 from performing writing companies for, or optioning or promoting literary materials to, Millennium Photos, Inc. (Millennium), or any affiliate thereof,” the union’s prime govt officers said in a Wednesday message to members.
In line with the union, the corporate shouldn’t be a signatory to its 2023 contract, whose time period is three years. Furthermore, the union leaders alleged, “The Guild has needed to deliver a big variety of claims towards Millennium through the years for the corporate’s failure to pay writers preliminary compensation and residuals, in addition to failure to pay writers inside the timeframe established within the MBA.” Consequently, “The Guild has decided that Millennium shouldn’t be financially accountable and requires the posting of an satisfactory bond earlier than it might turn into signatory.
Millennium has, to this point, refused to take action.” Millennium was a signatory to the WGA West’s 2020 and former contracts. That is the primary time for the reason that union’s 2023 contract that the union has alerted members to Millennium’s non-signatory standing.
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Millennium Media .
