The showrunner for Marvel’s Daredevil’s first season said that Netflix never paid him residuals for the episodes he authored. Steven DeKnight, a seasoned screenwriter with credits on shows such as Pacific Rim Uprising and Smallville, among others, stated on Twitter that he has yet to receive a residual payment from Netflix or Disney for future streaming of Daredevil episodes on which he is credited. The writer added that he had resigned himself to never receiving the money due to him by Netflix, but when Disney+ took up the programme, it motivated him to join a bevy of other authors in an audit to force the corporation to pay them the money they are owed for their work on their various projects.
DeKnight’s public statement follows that of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law writer Cody Ziglar, who claimed that despite the fact that his episode of the series, which featured the highly-anticipated MCU return of Daredevil, was one of the most-watched episodes on Disney+, he only received $396 in residuals. Both performers have signed on to a petition calling for more consistent residual income and fairer, long-term pay for authors. Residuals are sums of money owed by studios to people involved in the creation of a film or television series for repeats, rereleases, or internet streaming. Normally, authors get paid after each screening of a TV episode or film, but the development of streaming services such as Netflix has created a murky area that has allowed firms to waive residual income entirely.
Members of the Writers Guild of America have just begun a statewide strike to keep businesses accountable and follow the same residuals laws that network television has in place, which mandate regular remuneration to individuals engaged in a production in the case of repeats or rereleases. The WGA also opposes big studios’ use of artificial intelligence to expedite the writing process and cost authors their jobs. As the strike develops in size and popularity, several productions, like the upcoming Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again and the Mission: Impossible franchise finale, continue to encounter delays. The walkout has expanded to include actors, when the Screen Actors Guild joined the demonstrations and began walking out of big premieres and signing agreements to forgo promotional activities. The main cast of Christopher Nolan’s epic Oppenheimer just walked out of the film’s premiere in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA demonstrators.
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