Scott Rudin “Stepping Back” From Film And Streaming Projects

NEW YORK -- Film and theater producer Scott Rudin is resigning from the powerful Broadway League as he faces allegations of decades of abusive and violent behavior.“I know apologizing is not, by any means, enough," Rudin, whose credits include “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Book of Mormon” and a revival of “West Side Story,” wrote this week in an email to The New York Times.

Rita Wilson has accused producer Scott Rudin of making her feel "worthless" after having to take a break from Broadway play Fish in the Dark when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The Hollywood and theatre mogul recently announced he was stepping back from all of his current projects to reflect on his past bad behaviour after he was exposed as a hot-tempered bully in an article for The Hollywood Reporter.

Rita Wilson, who worked on the Broadway play Fish in the Dark with Scott Rudin in 2015, has spoken up about her experience working with the producer. While working on the project, the actress learned about her breast cancer.

Scott Rudin will resign from the Broadway League. The producer revealed his resignation from the national trade association as well as apologized for his behaviorin a statement to the New York Times on Saturday.

Rita Wilson opened up about her experience working with disgraced producer Scott Rudin on the 2015 Broadway play Fish in the Dark.

Add New York State’s summerlong arts festival NY PopsUp to the roster of projects from which producer Scott Rudin has stepped back.

environment as part of a tough and competitive business.Upcoming film projects for Rudin include Netflix's starry adaptation of the bestseller “The Woman in the Window,” A24's adaptation of the Tony-winning play “The Humans" and Joel Coen's Shakespeare adaptation “The Tragedy of Macbeth," with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand — also for A24 Current Broadway shows produced by Rudin include “The Book of Mormon,” “To Kill a Mockingbird," “West Side Story" and the upcoming revival of “The

The Producers Guild of America has broken its silence over workplace bullying claims in the wake of The Hollywood Reporter's April 7 cover story on allegations made against Scott Rudin. On Thursday, the Hollywood producers organization announced it has created a new task force dedicated to rooting out workplace harassment in the aftermath of allegations made against the Hollywood mega-producer.

The Producers Guild of America is expanding its Independent Production Safety Initiative to include anti-bullying trainings “with the goal of eliminating workplace violence and aggression.” The move comes in the wake of bullying accusations against Broadway and Oscar-winning movie producer Scott Rudin.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterIn response to recent and explosive allegations about producer Scott Rudin’s workplace behavior, the Producers Guild of America is forming a task force to combat bullying in Hollywood.“We are deeply disturbed and disheartened by the continuing allegations of workplace harassment and abuse in our industry, and stand with those who speak out against such violence and intimidation in all forms,” a Thursday PGA statement read, without directly naming Rudin, who

Hugh Jackman, star of the upcoming Broadway revival of The Music Man produced by Scott Rudin, said today that the company is “rebuilding the Music Man team” in the wake of Rudin’s decision to step back from active leadership participation.

Not long after Scott Rudin issued a statement he will step back from film and TV projects, to go with the voluntary exit from theater projects he announced days ago, sources said that A24 has cut the cord with the producer on five films, this following a THR expose by Tatiana Siegel on Rudin’s recidivist bullying of assistants and others who were powerless to do anything about it. There is no official comment, nor a confirmation that Rudin’s name not appearing in the credits of these films.

Nearly two weeks after The Hollywood Reporter published a cover story detailing Scott Rudin's history of alleged abuse, the uber-producer released a statement that he is stepping back from a number of his upcoming films, according to reports by Variety and Deadline Hollywood. An A24 source told The Hollywood Reporter that Rudin is no longer involved in its Jennifer Lawrence film Red, White and Water and Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth, starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand.

Not long after Scott Rudin issued a statement he will step back from film and TV projects, to go with the voluntary exit from theater projects he announced days ago, sources said that A24 has cut the cord with the producer on five films, this following a THR expose by Tatiana Siegel on Rudin’s recidivist bullying of assistants and others who were powerless to do anything about it. There is no official comment, nor a confirmation that Rudin’s name not appearing in the credits of these films.

Variety), Rudin reiterated his apology for “the pain my behavior has caused.” Rudin was accused in an April 7 article in THR by several named former assistants and employees of physical and mental abuse, including allegedly breaking a computer monitor on an assistant’s hand and throwing objects like potatoes and glass bowls at staffers.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterProducer Scott Rudin will “step back” from his film and streaming projects in addition to his Broadway productions in the wake of allegations about his abusive workplace behavior.

NEW YORK -- Amid mounting anger over allegations of bullying, Broadway and Hollywood producer Scott Rudin broke his silence Saturday, saying he is “profoundly sorry” and will step back from his theater work.“After a period of reflection, I’ve made the decision to step back from active participation on our Broadway productions, effective immediately.

Over the past week, a half dozen people involved with Broadway's The Music Man converged on multiple conference calls to discuss Scott Rudin's involvement in the upcoming play in light of abuse allegations made against the uber-producer in a THR cover story 10 days ago.

Sutton Foster, who is set to co-star in the upcoming $17 million revival of The Music Man on Broadway with Hugh Jackman, made her first public comments about the show’s producer, Scott Rudin, since the controversy over his alleged abusive workplace behavior heated up in recent weeks.