The Writers Guild of America West has barred members from engaged on the upcoming catastrophe film “Wall of White” that’s within the works from producers Randall Emmett and Martin Scorsese.
Emmett has a historical past of tangling with the WGA and has been on the guild’s WGA Strike/Unfair Checklist since 2020. Furthermore, his Convergence Leisure Group banner shouldn’t be a signatory to the guild’s Minimal Primary Settlement, which covers the work of screenwriters.
Per the WGA, “Emmett has an extended historical past of refusing to honor obligations to writers and the Guild has filed quite a few arbitration claims towards firms owned by Emmett during the last decade.”
The depth of Scorsese’s involvement in “Wall of White” is unclear. The movie is reportedly targeted on the lethal 1982 avalanche that left seven useless within the Alpine Meadows ski resort exterior close to Lake Tahoe in northern California.
The WGA maintains that Emmett beforehand didn’t pay greater than $700,000 owned in pension and well being contributions and curiosity attributable to 4 writers who labored on the TV sequence “Pump,” which aired in 2020 on Urbanflix.com. Per the WGA, Emmett’s agency obtained a courtroom order mandating that it make these funds.
The WGA’s discover additionally cites issues that emerged on productions that flowed by way of one other Emmett entity, Fifty Toes. That firm went onto the Strike/Unfair Checklist in August 2024 due to Emmett’s alleged failure to publish a surety bond along with WGA guidelines.
“The Guild demanded a surety bond from Fifty Toes after figuring out that it was not financially accountable and was unlikely to satisfy its MBA obligations in reference to a number of theatrical movement image initiatives, together with ‘Money Out,’ ‘Alarum’ and ‘Epiphany,’ ” the WGA said. “Emmett produced all three footage and directed Money Out underneath the pseudonym ‘Ives.’ “
The guild urged members to contact the guild’s authorized division “when you’ve got been approached by Emmett or Convergence about any writing task.”
Representatives for Emmett and Scorsese didn’t instantly return calls searching for remark.
(Pictured: Randall Emmett and Martin Scorsese)
