With the #MeToo and Time?s Up movements currently at their height, Amazon Studios has a big question it has to answer soon: Will it continue to work with Woody Allen?
Since the 1990s, the legendary director has denied the allegations that he sexually abused his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was a child, but in a time when women?s stories of sexual misconduct have become louder than ever before, it seems Allen has become the next target. And it may affect him professionally.
The New York Times reported Sunday that Amazon ? which has a multi-film contract with Allen and is to release his next one, ?A Rainy Day in New York? ? is in ?serious conversations? to end its relationship with the director. (The Times cited "two people briefed on the matter.")
Amazon released Allen?s latest movie, ?Wonder Wheel,? in December, right when the #MeToo Movement was off and running and numerous high-profile men in Hollywood, media, and politics were being accused of sexual misconduct. The movie looks to have suffered from it, as it only made $1.4 million domestically (it earned close to $9 million internationally) on a budget of $25 million, according to the Times.
