Warner Bros. Discovery has corrected changes it made to director and writer credits in its rollout of Max after receiving harsh blowback from the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild.
In a statement today, Max said: “We agree that the talent behind the content on Max deserve their work to be properly recognized.
We will correct the credits, which were altered due to an oversight in the technical transition from HBO Max to Max and we apologize for this mistake.” The correction comes after the DGA and the WGA issued angry statements about the change to longstanding individual credits of directors and writers in its movie library, which didn’t list director and writer credits specifically but instead lumps them together as “creators.” Here is how the credits for Fast 9 appeared: Prior to Max’s reversal, the DGA, which is currently in negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for a contract, called the company’s unilateral move “a grave insult,” saying that will take “the strongest possible actions” to reverse it.
The WGA, which has been on strike for more than three weeks, called the change “disrespectful and insulting.” “For almost 90 years, the Directors Guild has fought fiercely to protect the credit and recognition deserved by Directors for the work they create,” said DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter. “Warner Bros.
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