Woody Allen Sues Amazon Studios Claiming Breach of Contract

In a suit filed Thursday in federal court in the Southern District of New York seeking more than $68 million in damages, Mr. Allen said Amazon backed out of his deal last June after an old accusation that the director and actor had molested his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, in 1992 resurfaced as the #MeToo movement was gathering steam. Pressed by Mr. Allen’s camp as to why the deal was terminated, Amazon’s Mr. Patel said it had become “untenable” because of “supervening events, including renewed allegations against Mr. Allen, his own controversial comments, and the increasing refusal of top talent to work with or be associated with him in any way, all of which have frustrated the purpose of the agreement,” according to the suit. Under the terms of the deal outlined in the suit, Amazon agreed to pay Mr. Allen’s Gravier Productions a minimum guarantee of $9 million a movie as well as distribute them in major-market theaters in the U.S. for 90 days and a minimum of 500 screens.

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