{"id":162630,"date":"2025-04-17T00:57:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T00:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/martin-scorsese-movie-blocked-by-wga-over-randall-emmett\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T00:57:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T00:57:29","slug":"martin-scorsese-movie-blocked-by-wga-over-randall-emmett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/martin-scorsese-movie-blocked-by-wga-over-randall-emmett\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Scorsese Movie Blocked by WGA Over Randall Emmett"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Writers Guild of America West is taking a stance against Lala Kent<\/strong>\u2019s ex-fianc\u00e9 Randall Emmett<\/strong><\/a> and his new movie with Martin Scorsese<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmmett, the founder of Convergence, has been on the WGA Strike\/Unfair List since 2020,\u201d the West Coast affiliate of the union wrote via X<\/a> on Wednesday, April 16. \u201cTwo companies he founded and co-owned failed to pay over $700,000 in compensation, P&H contributions and interest due to WGA writers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The post included a link to a Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a> article that reported on Wednesday that the WGA sent out an email forbidding its members from working on Wall of White<\/em>, which is being produced by Emmett, 54, and Scorsese, 82.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmmett has a long history of refusing to honor obligations to writers and the Guild has filed numerous arbitration claims against companies owned by Emmett over the last decade,\u201d the email claimed, per the outlet, adding that the guild prohibits \u201cmembers from working for or selling literary material to companies or individuals who are on the Strike\/Unfair List.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Randall Emmett’s Ups and Downs: Lala Kent Split, Abuse Allegations and More<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tA series of controversies. Randall Emmett has produced successful films, including The Irishman, but it\u2019s his personal life and allegations of professional misconduct that have often made headlines. \u201cI thank God and my dad daily that I never married him. The thought of it sends me into a panic,\u201d Lala Kent, who dated the film [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The WGA previously accused<\/a> Emmett of failing to pay more than $700,000 in pension and health contributions and interest to four writers who worked on the 2020 TV series Pump<\/em>. Emmett\u2019s firm reportedly received a court order mandating that it make those payments.<\/p>\n

Emmett responded to the WGA\u2019s stance on Wall of White<\/em> in a statement to The Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are fully financing this movie, and we have every intention to settle this dispute in the coming weeks,\u201d the statement read. \u201cOur representatives will be reaching out to the Writers Guild so we can put this matter from six years ago behind us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to WGA, Scorsese and Emmett for comment.<\/p>\n

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