Rebel Wilson's latest feature film is delayed amid 'PR nightmare' after her legal feud with producers of her directorial debut The Deb READ MORE: Rebel Wilson is mellow in yellow as she returns to Australia looking casual and carefree amid legal dramas By Kate Dennett For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:44, 7 August 2024 | Updated: 00:50, 7 August 2024 e-mail View comments Production on Rebel Wilson 's latest feature film has allegedly been delayed after her legal feud with the producers of her directorial debut The Deb emerged. The actress, 44, was reportedly due to start filming on a new project, titled They, in Australia in less than a month but production is said to have been pushed back. The studios are said to have been rebooked for January after production was delayed 'due to some financial and personal issues'.
Insiders are reportedly concerned that the feature film, which is set to star comedian Wilson, may not get made at all amid the difficulties. 'There are some really big question marks and a dark cloud that is haunting a number of upcoming projects which will need to be addressed before getting the ball rolling again,' a source told Yahoo Lifestyle . 'Rebel is arguably one of Australia's most successful comedians all over the world and for a while everything she touched turned to comedy gold,' another insider claimed.
'But the tide has turned and many believe this is a PR nightmare for the actress moving forward.' It comes after the producers of her directorial debut The Deb filed legal action against her in a shock fallout. Production on Rebel Wilson's latest feature film, titled They, has allegedly been delayed 'due to some financial and personal issues' Producers Amanda Ghost and Gregor Cameron, and executive producer Vince Holden launched a defamation lawsuit after Rebel accused them of blocking her movie from premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
However, Wilson hit back in a fiery statement aimed at Len Blavatnik, the billionaire whose company AI Film financed the coming-of-age musical. 'Len Blavatnik, please stop funding and protecting Amanda Ghost, Gregor Cameron and Vince Holden,' Wilson wrote in an impassioned post on her Instagram Stories. Labelling the producers as 'f***wits', she continued her tirade, also abusing them for being 'vile and disgusting'.
'Clearly these recent press articles and constant retaliations against me for speaking the truth on my small Australian movie are FALSE,' Wilson continued. 'All I did was tell the truth about these absolute f****wits – now they launch a bogus defamation suit and bogus articles to inflict further harm.' AI Film declined to comment when approached by Daily Mail Australia.
The Deb's producers branded Wilson a 'malicious bully' in a lawsuit launched against her as the fallout from the movie's bungled premiere continues to deteriorate . In a complaint, The Deb producers claimed Wilson defamed them in an Instagram post in which she accused the trio of embezzling money from the film's budget and also claimed that Ghost sexually harassed one of the lead actresses. It comes after the producers of her directorial debut The Deb filed legal action against her in a shock fallout (Wilson is pictured in the film) Read More Rebel Wilson hits back at producers of her directorial debut with expletive-laden rant However, Wilson's lawyer Bryan Freedman claimed 'the number of people who back up Rebel's experience is staggering' in a statement given to Deadline.
Rebel first lashed out at the producers on July 10 for allegedly blocking the movie from premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival . In the four-minute video, the Australian star hurled accusations at the trio of producers, accusing them of 'bad behaviour' and 'inappropriate conduct'. The producers denied the accusations almost immediately, and followed up with legal action in LA Superior Court.
Less than a week later, after The Deb was confirmed as the closing night pick at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival, Wilson brought American entertainment litigator Freedman onboard her legal team. The producers launched a defamation lawsuit after Rebel accused them of blocking her movie (a scene is pictured) from premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in September Ghost, Cameron and Holden amended their complaint last week, citing Wilson's allegations against Sacha Baron Cohen that she made in her autobiography Rebel Rising earlier this year. Before her feud with The Deb producers, Wilson sparked headlines when she accused Cohen of pressuring her to do nudity on the set of 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby.
The bombshell claims were made in her memoir Rebel Rising. Cohen denied the allegations and successfully sued to have the passages about him removed from editions of the book published in Wilson's native Australia and in the UK, though they remain in the US and other international territories. Wilson's directorial debut The Deb centres on two teenage girls preparing to attend a debutante ball in the Australian Outback.
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