Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, co-creators and writers for HBO’s The Sympathizer — a seven-episode mini sequence starring Robert Downey Jr., have been kicked out of the WGA West. Why, you may ask? It’s as a result of that they had written the sequence through the 2023 strikes, a.ok.a. when pens had been imagined to be down, crossing the picket line. The WGAW additionally introduced a suspension for Anthony Cipriano for writing The Final Breath till Could 1, 2026. “Three different members had been disciplined for violating the strike guidelines through the 2023 MBA strike, and people members didn’t attraction,” the WGAW reportedly advised its members, per Deadline. “In every of those circumstances, the boards determined these disciplines needs to be made public.” All three former members didn’t attraction the choices.
Seven members have been disciplined by the WGAW for breaking strike guidelines; 4 of the seven (Julie Bush, Tim Doyle, Edward Drake, and Roma Roth) had been named in April 2025 as that they had appealed the choices made by the guild; the final three had been Park, McKellar, and Cipriano.