83-year-old Director woody Allen filed a claim for $68 million against the company Amazon in connection with his latest feature film «Rainy Day in New York» with Selena Gomez and Timothy Salama in the lead roles. The manufacture of the tape was completed in 2017, but his release was delayed.
According to the lawsuit, filed on February 7 in new York, Allen claimed that Amazon refused the deal in June 2018 because of accusations that the Director molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow in 1992. But at the time of conclusion of the contract the company knew about the «25-year-old, unsubstantiated» accusation, so Amazon has no reason to terminate the contract, says the lawsuit.
In 2014 Farrow wrote to the New York Times that Allen sexually abused her when she was still a minor. Two years later, Allen’s son Ronan Farrow said in an article for the Hollywood Reporter that he believes sister.
Since then, many of his actors — especially after the emergence of the movement MeToo — distanced itself from the project, and Salame said in 2018, that will give obtained film money for charity. And Jude law, who was also involved in the project, told Vanity Fair that it was «a horrible disgrace» and that he would have to «carefully consider» before again working with Allen.
According to Internet Movie Database, the next film Allen should be out in 2020, but it is still unknown who of Hollywood celebrities agree to appear in Director after this scandal.
