Investigation Launched into ‘BMF’ Picket Line Incident with Writers and Line Producer

A peaceful picket turned dangerous for WGA writers Brian Egeston and Gabriel Alejandro Garza on the set of the Starz/Lionsgate series BMF in Atlanta. Egeston claimed in a series of tweets that line producer Ian Woolf drove his SUV at them “as though it were a weapon and slammed the brakes within six feet of writers.” Garza corroborated the account, adding that Woolf’s explanation was that he “tried to scare us.” TV writer Tom Smuts provided an eyewitness account, confirming the writers’ claims and adding that Woolf pleaded with Teamsters to cross the picket lines, but they refused. Lionsgate has launched an investigation into the incident, and the WGA is working with those involved to hold Woolf accountable. Meanwhile, writers are showing their solidarity with Egeston’s “Open Letter to the Man Who Almost Killed Me on the WGA Picket Line Today.” Woolf’s recent credits include Queens, Bridgerton, and SEAL Team.