Ryan Murphy Disputes Accusations ‘AHS’ Strikers Will Be ‘Blackballed in Murphy-Land': ‘Absolute Nonsense’
thewrap.comstriking members of the WGA that if they respect the picket on the New York production, “they’ll be blackballed in Murphy-land.” Leight, the former showrunner for “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” and “In Treatment” and the current WGA East strike captain, wrote that the Emmy-winning horror series’ twelfth season was filming in Midtown, Manhattan on 52nd Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.
The WGA scheduled a picket of this location from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday. Leight deleted the tweet hours after posting, but not before calling on others to “please boost” the message and to “come join us.” View a screenshot of screenwriter and journalist Elisabeth Donnelly retweeting Leight below.
Shortly after the Hollywood writers’ strike began, Murphy contributed to the Entertainment Community Fund. Formerly known as The Actors Fund, the nonprofit provides emergency financial assistance to workers in film and television who meet the needs-based requirements.
It does not take into account their profession within the industry or union affiliation. In May, the organization announced that more than $1.7 million had been pledged by writers to the organization.
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