Robert De Niro, the foul mouthed, old washed up hack of an actor just had his Amazon series cancelled, all because of the sleazy liberal Democrat Harvey Weinstein. I guess not everything Harvey Weinstein has done in his life is bad afterall.
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Variety reports that Amazon has elected to pull the plug on their untitled series from Silver Linings Playbook filmmaker David O. Russell that would have Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore in lead roles. The news also comes shortly after Amazon Studios head Roy Price was suspended in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. (Amazon reportedly did not act immediately when the allegations against Price were first brought up.)
A joint statement from representatives of Russell, De Niro and Moore agreed with the decision not to go forward with the series (which THR reports has cost $40 million already) which seems to kill any chances of it existing without Weinstein for another service/network.
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been the subject of a seemingly never-ending series of horrific allegations claiming abuse, assault and harassment that has (at least temporarily) left Weinstein fired and placed the spotlight on the issue of wildly inappropriate behavior from men in positions of power. In the fallout surrounding the ongoing discussion of Weinstein’s alleged conduct, projects he’s been affiliated with are changing too. In the case of one expensive star-studded series lined up with Harvey Weinstein as a co-producer, it won’t be seeing the light of day.