Veronique Dupont
Yahoo News
Projects are shelved, film releases cancelled, sets shuttered, studios threatened, the Oscars rattled -- this is the chaos confronting Hollywood following sex scandals that have brought down power players like Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and Brett Ratner.
In the month since The New Yorker and The New York Times published allegations of serial predatory behavior by producer Weinstein -- some 100 women have now accused him of misconduct ranging from harassment to rape -- people who said they had been victimized have felt emboldened to voice allegations against men who had been seen as untouchable.
Spacey, a two-time Oscar winner, and Ratner, a blockbuster director, have also been accused of sexual transgressions, while other actors, managers and agents are in the hot seat as well.
"Who's next?" the Los Angeles Times asked on Sunday.
"There's been scandals in Hollywood since the silent movie age but it was one person or one incident," said Tim Gray, an editor at the entertainment trade magazine Variety.
"I've been at Variety for 30 years, I've never seen something like this," he said. Toxic
Every project linked to The Weinstein Company, co-founded by Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob, is now toxic, whereas a few months ago such a relationship was a mark of prestige.
Famed director Oliver Stone, who initially defended Weinstein, has withdrawn from the Guantanamo television series that they had been collaborating on.
The first Weinstein Company film to come out following the scandal, Amityville: The Awakening, brought in a measly $742 in its one-day theatrical release, according to Box Office Mojo.
Weinstein's company, already weakened by a series of flops, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Other powerful studios find themselves in turmoil, such the entertainment arm of internet giant Amazon, whose chairman Roy Price resigned last month after he was suspended following an accusation of sexual harassment.
Price's ouster contributed to the collapse of an untitled David O. Russell drama series, set to star Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore, which had been a co-production with The Weinstein Company.
"(With) the Weinstein debacle and another issue at Amazon, everyone kind of walked away and torpedoed it," Moore said in an interview.
A screenwriter who had been working for months on a serial for Amazon told AFP the project has lost momentum.
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Yahoo News
Projects are shelved, film releases cancelled, sets shuttered, studios threatened, the Oscars rattled -- this is the chaos confronting Hollywood following sex scandals that have brought down power players like Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and Brett Ratner.
In the month since The New Yorker and The New York Times published allegations of serial predatory behavior by producer Weinstein -- some 100 women have now accused him of misconduct ranging from harassment to rape -- people who said they had been victimized have felt emboldened to voice allegations against men who had been seen as untouchable.
Spacey, a two-time Oscar winner, and Ratner, a blockbuster director, have also been accused of sexual transgressions, while other actors, managers and agents are in the hot seat as well.
"Who's next?" the Los Angeles Times asked on Sunday.
"There's been scandals in Hollywood since the silent movie age but it was one person or one incident," said Tim Gray, an editor at the entertainment trade magazine Variety.
"I've been at Variety for 30 years, I've never seen something like this," he said. Toxic
Every project linked to The Weinstein Company, co-founded by Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob, is now toxic, whereas a few months ago such a relationship was a mark of prestige.
Famed director Oliver Stone, who initially defended Weinstein, has withdrawn from the Guantanamo television series that they had been collaborating on.
The first Weinstein Company film to come out following the scandal, Amityville: The Awakening, brought in a measly $742 in its one-day theatrical release, according to Box Office Mojo.
Weinstein's company, already weakened by a series of flops, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Other powerful studios find themselves in turmoil, such the entertainment arm of internet giant Amazon, whose chairman Roy Price resigned last month after he was suspended following an accusation of sexual harassment.
Price's ouster contributed to the collapse of an untitled David O. Russell drama series, set to star Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore, which had been a co-production with The Weinstein Company.
"(With) the Weinstein debacle and another issue at Amazon, everyone kind of walked away and torpedoed it," Moore said in an interview.
A screenwriter who had been working for months on a serial for Amazon told AFP the project has lost momentum.
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