Good riddance to bad movies

Hollywood film makers Michael Moore and Quintin Tarantino are facing serious problems now that Harvey Weinstein’s sex scandal has hit the news.

Funds and talent have drained from the Weinstein Company since several women came forward to report on Weinstein’s long history of sexual assault and rape.

The Weinstein Company owns the rights to Moore’s upcoming anti-Trump documentary Fahrenheit 11/9. The documentary uses a play on Moore’s previous success, Fahrenheit 9/11 which criticized President Bush and the War on Terror.

Without the Weinstein Company’s financial backing, the film could fizzle out, as several of Moore’s recent documentaries have done anyway.

Moore was looking forward to a promising theatrical release for his latest film next month. Now, it looks as if the film will have a limited audience if it’s even released at all.

Weinstein was so adamant about promoting Moore and funding Fahrenheit 11/9’s release that he made it a top priority.

The Daily Caller reports:

Films by left-wing documentary producer Michael Moore and movie director Quentin Tarantino are now in jeopardy, according to a number of Hollywood outlets. Talent agencies and actors are fleeing the Weinstein Company along with funds, and the company finances are now “dire” as it braces for a flood of lawsuits, Deadline/Hollywood reports.

[…] The Weinstein Company bought the worldwide rights for the anti-Trump film under their Fellowship Adventure Group and they were to bankroll the launch. Those funds now appear to be in doubt.

Harvey and Bob Weinstein — who co-owned the 2004 document — have revered Moore for the last decade.