Woody Allen contracted litigation mania
Once the director Woody Allen was so disappointed with his film "Manhattan" that he was ready to shoot another film for United Artists completely free of charge, so long as it did not release the romantic comedy on the cinema screens. Those glorious times are a thing of the past, and now the four-time Academy Award winner is trying to knock tens of millions of dollars off Amazon's online service management for backlog.Representatives of the eminent director drew up a 28-page lawsuit, which boils down to the fact that their client is demanding $ 68 million from the streaming giant for contract violation. The deal was closed in 2017. Allen had to make four films for the online service, and Amazon executives, in turn, pledged to allocate at least $ 9 million to each of these film projects and ensure their distribution on the big screen. In the fall of 2017, Woody received $ 25 million to create the painting Rainy Day in New York. Soon after the end of her filming, the #MeToo movement gained momentum, the members of which recalled that in 1992 Allen was accused by his seven-year-old adopted daughter Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow of a sexual crime.  Many members of the cast of "Rainy Day in New York" immediately transferred their royalties to various charities and said that they regretted working with Allen. It was only natural that Amazon's bosses tried to avoid further escalation of the scandal. First, they sent the film with the film to the shelf, and then they made it clear that they wanted to refuse Woody's services. The director's lawyers insist that the online service has no reason to break the deal, and all accusations against their client are not well founded. If the court is on the side of Allen, he will surely ensure a comfortable old age, but now not only numerous Hollywood stars, but also the world's leading film companies and online services are at risk of refusing further cooperation with him. The Topic of Article: Woody Allen contracted litigation mania. |
