Woody Allen Is Taking A Break From Filmmaking For The First Time Since 1981

Woody Allen Is Taking A Break From Filmmaking For The First Time Since 1981

By Ben Pearson/Aug. 28, 2018 2:30 pm EST

Back in 2016, leading up to the release of Allen’s already-forgotten film Cafe Society, /Film’s Jacob Hall predicted that “A year without a new Woody Allen movie is the year Woody Allen kicks the bucket.” It was a prediction backed up by almost forty years of proof, and it was about as sure a bet as you’d find in Hollywood. But it seems we would have all lost that bet, because Allen now appears to be having trouble finding financing for his projects in our current climate.

Page Six (via The Playlist) says that the #MeToo movement that has swept Hollywood in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein case is part of the reason for Allen’s current problems:

A Hollywood producer told Page Six that Allen is considered “toxic” right now, and it’s hard to disagree: actors like Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Hall, and Griffin Newman have donated their wages from Allen’s filmed-but-not-yet-released movie A Rainy Day in New York to charities that benefit victims of sexual abuse. Several prominent actors, including Michael Caine (who won an Oscar in Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters) said they will never work with the director again.