Louis C.K.'s I Love You, Daddy Canceled

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The release of Louis C.K.‘sI Love You , Daddyhas been cancel in the aftermath ofsexual wrongful conduct allegations made against the writer - conductor . On Thursday , theNew York Timespublished a taradiddle in which five women accused C.K. of intimate harassment , confirming long - stand rumour about the comedian ’s behaviour . HBO and FX connection , two entity that have had fruitful human relationship with the support - up comedian and TV star , have both take activity amid the outrage , with HBO electing tocut sleeper entirelywhile FX announced it will lead a recap of the situation .

Louis C.K. developedI Love You , Daddyin privateness beforeentering the moviein this year ’s Toronto Film Festival . Starring C.K. , Chloe Grace Moretz and John Malkovich , the film pertain a successful video writer ( C.K. ) who becomes alarmed when his college - aged girl ( Moretz ) draws the amorous attention of a sleazy old film director ( Malkovich ) . Shot in black - and - blanched , the film is an obvious homage to Woody Allen , a film maker who has himself face allegation of sexual abuse over many year . The Orchard picked upI Love You , Daddyafter TIFF for $ 5 million and was plant to release the movie on November 17th .

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In the wake of the bombshellNew York Timesstory about Louis C.K. ’s conduct , The Orchard has now scrapped program to releaseI Love You , Daddy . The caller did not elaborate on their determination to force the film , perVariety . On Thursday , plans for the film ’s New York premiere were shelved after it emerged that theNew York Timeswas about to eject its story on the allegations against C.K. The comedian was also set to appear onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertbut was replace at the last minute .

The accusations against Louis C.K. come amid a whirlwind of intimate wrongful conduct scandals involving powerful figures in the entertainment industriousness . In October , manufacturer Harvey Weinstein was the content of aNew York Timesstory publicly exposing his long chronicle of intimate violation . The floor opened the floodgates on Hollywood actressescoming forwardwith their own stories about Weinstein ’s story of abuse , and result in the manufacturer beingkicked out of the Motion Picture Academy .

deep in October , Oscar - win actor Kevin Spaceywas accused of sexual assaultbyStar Trek : Discoveryactor Anthony Rapp , who alleged that Spacey had molested him when Rapp was only 14 and Spacey 26 . As with the Weinstein story , the initial accusation lead to a deluge of more story about Spacey ’s actus reus . The doer hassince been firedfrom the Netflix seriesHouse of Cards , and will nowbe replaced by Christopher Plummerin Ridley Scott ’s already - completedAll the Money in the World .

During what has been a soul - searching two months for Hollywood , figures as various as Dustin Hoffman , Jeremy Piven , Ed Westwick , Brett Ratner , Matt Weiner and Jeffrey Tambor have all been accused of a range of misdeed .