Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races. With her Universal Pictures drama&n…
’s plot is set in motion in 2017, when Kantor gets a tip about actress Rose McGowan and an alleged sexual assault at the hands of Weinstein — the Oscar-winning producer behind Miramax and The Weinstein Company who for decades wielded his wealth, power and reputation to shield himself from accusations of sexual abuse. She and Kantor are able to confirm, in the months that follow, that McGowan is just one of many women who have been victimized — and then silenced — by Weinstein.
Kantor and Twohey’s reporting opens the #MeToo floodgates, with more than 80 women coming forward to speak out against Weinstein. The revelations empowered countless others to speak their own truths as social justice movements burgeoned not just in Hollywood but in all industries across the globe. First arrested for crimes including rape in 2018, Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison in 2020. While he’s so far done time at multiple facilities in New York where he is in the midst of an appeal, he was extradited to Los Angeles in 2021 to face further criminal charges; in December, he was found guilty of three pertaining to instances of sexual abuse.was named one of the best films of 2022 by the American Film Institute.
Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner produced the pic for Plan B Entertainment, with Annapurna Pictures’ Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle serving as exec producers.
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