The Writers Guild of America announced Friday that it has expelled two members, Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, for writing on their HBO miniseries “The Sympathizer” during the 2023 strike. Park and McKellar co-created the seven-episode series,

The Writers Guild of America has expelled Don McKellar and Park Chan-wook for crossing the picket lines to work on the HBO series 'The Sympathizer'

Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, co-creators and writers for HBO’s The Sympathizer — a seven-episode mini series starring Robert Downey Jr., have been kicked out of the WGA West. Why, you might ask? It’s because they had written the series during the 2023 strikes,