Emma Thompson quits film after John Lasseter joins production
Source: The Guardian
Emma Thompson has pulled out of a role in a large-scale animated film after former Pixar chief John Lasseter joined the production.
Thompson had been due to voice a role in Luck, produced by Skydance Animation, but reportedly left the film after Skydance controversially hired Lasseter to head its animation division. Lasseter, who was chief creative officer of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, took a leave of absence in 2017 after admitting to sexual conduct missteps, before leaving the company in 2018.
Lasseters appointment to Skydance was met with considerable disquiet, including a statement from the Times Up campaign that said Skydance
is providing another position of power, prominence and privilege to a man who has repeatedly been accused of sexual harassment in the workplace. Skydance Media CEO David Ellison defended Lasseter saying: While we would never minimise anyones subjective views on behaviour
we are certain that John has learned valuable lessons and is ready to prove his capabilities as a leader and a colleague.
When it was first announced, Luck was described as a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organisations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects our daily lives. It is directed by Kung Fu Panda 3s Alessandro Carloni.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/20/emma-thompson-quits-film-after-john-lasseter-joins-production
katmondoo
(6,454 posts)calimary
(81,179 posts)Best Actress, 1993, for Howards End.
Best Adapted Screenplay, 1996, for Sense and Sensibility.
Shes freakin brilliant.
Glorfindel
(9,725 posts)I hope many others will follow her example!
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,954 posts)fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)KPN
(15,641 posts)dlk
(11,537 posts)SunSeeker
(51,545 posts)With all the folks in Hollywood clamoring for work, they couldn't find anyone else but Lasseter? WTF
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(2,334 posts)have already been established.
TeamPooka
(24,216 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,159 posts)Why can't he just go away and count his money? Surely there are other qualified people who aren't lecherous scumbags.