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By Dustin Rowles | Film | July 10, 2024
Rebel Wilson has taken to Instagram to call out the producers of her directorial debut, the Australian musical comedy The Deb, for inexplicably yanking the film from its coveted Toronto International Film Festival closing night slot.
Wilson accused Amanda Ghost, Gregory Cameron, and Vince Holden — two of the three producers behind Apple TV+’s Tetris — of “inappropriate behavior” with the lead of the film and “embezzling funds.” Ghost, no stranger to controversy as a music producer, has previously butted heads with acts like Modest Mouse and Good Charlotte. She also produced last year’s She Came to Me, a film starring Peter Dinklage and Anne Hathaway that somehow almost no one heard of.
Wilson claims that since reporting their inappropriate behavior, she’s been met with “absolute viciousness and retaliatory behavior.” The industry’s go-to move of slapping NDAs on everyone does not seem to be working with Wilson, who also clashed with Sacha Baron Cohen over alleged on-set behavior while shooting The Brothers Grimsby.
For a first-time director, losing a TIFF premiere — particularly on the closing night — is a big deal. It makes no sense that a producer who wanted their film to succeed to reject the slot. Wilson claims that her producers are also threatening to bury the film permanently.
