#METOO PERSISTS: Hollywood’s biggest studios are blatantly still working with men fighting #MeToo accusations

LOS ANGELES (CA)
The Week

August 15, 2018

By Kathryn Krawczyk

The #MeToo movement brought what’s been widely called a “reckoning” against men accused of sexual misconduct. But some of Hollywood’s most powerful still aren’t facing any consequences.

Much of the entertainment elite slammed with allegations — Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Charlie Rose — can’t find work, and some have even faced legal consequences. Yet for the likes of James Franco, Casey Affleck, and some other men ensnared in #MeToo allegations, not much has changed, The Hollywood Reporter says.

Franco faced five accusations of sexually exploitative behavior in a Jan. 11 Los Angeles Times story. Six months later, it was leaked that he was in talks to direct a Focus Features film about ESPN. And he’s still onboard to star in a second season of HBO’s The Deuce because “the fact of the matter is that James is in…