Woody Allen sues Amazon Studios for $68 million for breach of film deal

Woody Allen has filed a $68 million lawsuit against Amazon Studios, claiming that Amazon breached a contract by refusing to distribute his most recent film and terminating a four-picture production and distribution deal without cause.

Allen says in the lawsuit filed Thursday in the Southern District of New York by Gravier Productions and Allen that Amazon backed out to distribute his film “A Rainy Day in New York” back in June after claims resurfaced that he sexually molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow, accusations that first surfaced in August 1992. Allen has repeatedly denied those accusations and in the lawsuit calls the claims “baseless.” He now seeks $68 million in damages.

“Amazon has tried to excuse its action by referencing a 25-year-old baseless allegation against Mr. Allen, but that allegation was already well-known to Amazon (and the public) before Amazon entered into four separate deals with Mr. Allen–and in any event, it does not provide a basis for Amazon to terminate the contract,” the suit reads.

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A representative for Amazon did not immediately reply for comment.

The lawsuit says that his relationship with Amazon began to falter after Roy Price resigned as President of Amazon Studios in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal. Allen says Amazon reached out to his representatives in December 2017 to discuss the negative publicity and “reputation harm” that had come because of Price and that they had agreed to push the release of “A Rainy Day in New York” from 2018 to 2019.

But in June 2018, the lawsuit says Allen received a termination notice and did not receive any legal basis for doing so.

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