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fleur-de-lisa

(14,616 posts)
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:34 AM Jul 2018

That Roe v. Wade movie filming in New Orleans just got more controversial

https://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2018/07/roe_v_wade_the_movie.html#incart_m-rpt-2

According to a story in The Hollywood Reporter, the production was denied use of the Louisiana State University campus as a shooting location due to the content of the screenplay. Also, Tulane University -- after initially agreeing to let the film shoot on-campus -- rescinded its approval after a single day of filming. A local synagogue also reportedly cancelled its contract with the production after learning of the film's content.

Since production started in mid-June, a number of cast and crew members have departed the production after receiving the script and learning of "the extremity of its point of view," The Daily Beast reported.

That includes its director and assistant director, a costumer, a location manager, an electrician and others. Actors including Stephen Baldwin and Kevin Sorbo -- who both were to play Supreme Court justices -- have also reportedly left the project.

The Daily Beast article goes on to describe a troubled set hamstrung by (Nick) Loeb and (Cathy) Allyn's inexperience behind the camera, as well as low morale among crew members.

I wish I knew filming locations so I could protest.
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That Roe v. Wade movie filming in New Orleans just got more controversial (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Jul 2018 OP
This thing is going to do nothing but lose money for the idiots who bankrolled it. dawg Jul 2018 #1
How extreme is their anti-choice narrative if two loons like Stephen Baldwin and Kevin Sorbo Aristus Jul 2018 #2
I'm guessing it's the paychecks. Hong Kong Cavalier Jul 2018 #3

dawg

(10,610 posts)
1. This thing is going to do nothing but lose money for the idiots who bankrolled it.
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:36 AM
Jul 2018

Which, therefore, makes it awesome.

Aristus

(66,096 posts)
2. How extreme is their anti-choice narrative if two loons like Stephen Baldwin and Kevin Sorbo
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:36 AM
Jul 2018

are bowing out?

Or is it just because their paychecks didn't clear?...

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