Writers behind Full Monty Disney+ reboot picket Sheffield premiere amid ongoing WGA strike
The cast of the hit 1997 film reunited once again on the red carpet in Sheffield - where the film and show are set - on Monday to celebrate the new Disney+ series.
The TV comedy is set 25 years after the action of the 90s film, which introduced the world to the group of six unemployed South Yorkshire steel workers who turn to stripping to make ends meet.British pair Simon Beaufoy and Alice Nutter, who are members of the WGA instead picketed the event, carrying placards outside the cinema.
Steve Huison, Paul Barber, Wim Snape, Lesley Sharp, Robert Carlyle, Talitha Wing and Mark Addy attending the UK premiere for The Full Monty.Ms Nutter tweeted: "Us two wrote The Full Monty TV series, Simon Beaufoy and Alice Nutter.Her placard read: "We love this show but we can't go - fair deal for writers.
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