Ryan Murphy recently threatened litigation against a WGA East strike captain, according to a new report.
, an executive producer onand strike captain for the guild’s East Coast branch, is one of the people leading the rapid response team that’s been targeting productions around the greater New York area. In late June, he tweeted that crewmembers on, which has been filming at Silvercup Studios, told him that they’d be “blackballed in Murphy-land” if they refused to cross the picket lines.
“categorically false,” and a lawyer representing him sent a letter to WGA East leadership threatening litigation against Leight,Leight subsequently deleted the tweet, issued anreached out to Leight and a WGA East spokesperson for comment. Now, WGA East has apparently had to remind its leadership that they shouldn’t be going after fellow writers, but rather focusing on fighting the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers, with whom they’ve yet to agree on a new contract.
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