Channing Tatum Pulls First Directorial Film From The Weinstein Co. Following Hollywood Sexual Abuse Reports
Channing Tatum has pulled "Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock" -- a movie he takes directorial credit for -- from production studio The Weinstein Co. following multiple sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
To show support for the women working in Hollywood who have come forward to share stories of alleged sexual harassment from movie producer Weinstein, Tatum and his producing partner Reid Carolin recently announced that they no longer intend to work with The Weinstein Co.
In a Facebook update on Tatum's official page, the actor and movie producer said: "The brave women who had the courage to stand up and speak their truth about Harvey Weinstein are true heroes to us. They are lifting the heavy bricks to build the equitable world we all deserve to live in."
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Interestingly, the project that was removed from The Weinstein Co. was a movie adaptation of Matthew Quick's book "Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock" -- a story about a young boy who was planning to kill his best friend and himself with a P-38 pistol his grandfather owned. Both the book and movie have taken up the matter of sexual abuse and its shattering effects to a victim.
The statement added: "While we will no longer develop it or anything else that is property of TWC, we are reminded of its powerful message of healing in the wake of tragedy."
In light of the emerging accounts from multiple sexual harassment victims in Hollywood, Tatum and Carolin called on their colleagues and said: "Let's finish what our incredible colleagues started and eliminate abuse from our creative culture once and for all."
Last week, several reports from New York Times and The New Yorker confirmed that alleged victims of Weinstein had surfaced, which then encouraged more women to speak up against all forms of sexual abuse.
Some of the actresses who confirmed they were victims of Weinstein's sexual advances when they were just starting out in the show business include Ashley Judd, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Cara Delevingne, Rose McGowan, Lena Headey, and more.
Since the reports came out, Weinstein was fired from the TWC, while wife Georgina Chapman confirmed she had decided to leave her husband.
