RED SONJA Has Been Taken Off Millennium's Slate Amid Bryan Singer Misconduct Allegations

RED SONJA Has Been Taken Off Millennium's Slate Amid Bryan Singer Misconduct Allegations

Avi Lerner refused to budge in the face of mounting pressure to fire Bryan Singer as Red Sonja's director after new allegations of sexual misconduct emerged, but it looks like some action has been taken...

By MarkCassidy - Feb 11, 2019 12:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Red Sonja
Millennium Films CEO and Red Sonja producer Avi Lerner recently released a statement making it very clear that he had no intention of firing Singer as director despite mounting pressure to do just that after new sexual assault allegations emerged, but it looks like he's been forced to budge... to some degree, at least.

According to Deadline, the fantasy adventure movie has now been removed from the mini-stdio's slate and put squarely on the back burner. Singer remains on board the project for the time being, but that may change if and when the She-Devil with a Sword's reboot does eventually go into production.

Lerner released a follow-up statement claiming that his original comments “came out the wrong way".  “I think victims should be heard and this allegation should be taken very, very seriously,” he added. “I just don’t agree to judge by Twitter. I want [the accused] to be judged by the court.”
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HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/11/2019, 12:50 PM
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 2/11/2019, 12:54 PM
Shocker .........
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 2/11/2019, 2:15 PM
@knocturnalzen10 - Two in the pink, one in the stink?

Nahh, that doesn't work out for Singer.
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 2/11/2019, 2:17 PM
@WYLEEJAY - lol that guy definitely needs to get some help for real smh
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 2/11/2019, 12:59 PM
Good. LOCK HIM UP!
Battabing
Battabing - 2/11/2019, 1:05 PM
Avi Lerner?

MUTO123
MUTO123 - 2/11/2019, 1:05 PM
Thank God.
SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 2/11/2019, 1:07 PM
AKA some other exec walked into Lerner's office and said 'Hey big guy, we know you're a perv too, but maybe take it easy on the public statements endorsing our director who is up to his neck in underage boy actor horror stories and maybe let this blow over first'.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/11/2019, 1:07 PM
GOOD
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 2/11/2019, 1:09 PM
Good, Singer is creepy
TheBeard
TheBeard - 2/11/2019, 1:09 PM
Hard to believe the studio heads thought it was a good idea to hire a director accused of sexual assault, to direct a Red Sonja movie. I mean, it's not like the character has ever been raped or anything, oh wait...
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/11/2019, 1:12 PM
@TheBeard - screenplay by Max Landis, co-starring Kevin Spacey.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 2/11/2019, 1:11 PM


Bryan Singer is trash. Can't believe Bohemian Rhapsody even went as far as it did.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/11/2019, 1:15 PM
@DnA - Queen just transcends everything, including creep film directors apparently
MasterMix
MasterMix - 2/11/2019, 1:12 PM
TheBeard
TheBeard - 2/11/2019, 1:20 PM
@MasterMix -
ThunderThighs
ThunderThighs - 2/11/2019, 1:19 PM
Singer is well known for this shit, so yeah, good choice, even though I love Red Sonja.
JonesTheCat
JonesTheCat - 2/11/2019, 1:24 PM
Good. [frick] Bryan Singer.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 2/11/2019, 1:29 PM
Just fire the a-hole and hire any of the myriad of talented female directors out there. Problem solved. Then make an awesome movie.
mdwilliamson24
mdwilliamson24 - 2/11/2019, 1:49 PM
@TheUnworthyThor - Lexi Alexander immediately came to mind when I read your comment.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 2/11/2019, 1:58 PM
@TheUnworthyThor - Michelle MacLaren was originally planned for Wonder Woman, so get her for this movie instead.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 2/11/2019, 2:25 PM
@mdwilliamson24 - @BlackIceJoe - I already like both of these choices better than I ever did Singer.
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