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1999,
X-Men
[$6B franchise]
transformed
Bryan Singer,
then 34,
N2 rare double threat:
auteur who could make
mountains of money 4 a studio
+
reputation 4 costly absences
as he partied w
ever-changing inner circle.
Where's Kevin Spacey?
Murder any1 else? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
X-Men
[$6B franchise]
transformed
Bryan Singer,
then 34,
N2 rare double threat:
auteur who could make
mountains of money 4 a studio
+
reputation 4 costly absences
as he partied w
ever-changing inner circle.
Where's Kevin Spacey?
Murder any1 else? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
"Considering public allegations Singer has faced — namely, multiple minors have accused him of various forms of sexual misdeeds including rape. (Singer has denied all allegations of abuse + misconduct.)"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
"It's critical when analyzing Bryan Singer's body of work that we center the experiences and trauma faced by his victims and put their continued well-being first," says GLAAD's Mathew Lasky.
BTS, crises raged, incl drug use, tantrums + writers' feud.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
BTS, crises raged, incl drug use, tantrums + writers' feud.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
"1 of the film's actors filed civil suit 4 mos after production wrapped, claiming he was raped by 3 of Singer's friends + business associates."
Can't begin w the producer's white-washing.
Hollywood Sux.
Cesspool of Insecurities
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
Can't begin w the producer's white-washing.
Hollywood Sux.
Cesspool of Insecurities
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
Bryan Singer
attached 2 direct
X-Men
July 1996.
4-15-97
2 boys; 14 & 17
filed civil lawsuit
claiming they were ordered
2 strip naked 4 Apt Pupil scene.
2 others w allegations.
1 said he would b fired
if he refused 2 perform naked.
Suits *settled ==> NDA
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
attached 2 direct
X-Men
July 1996.
4-15-97
2 boys; 14 & 17
filed civil lawsuit
claiming they were ordered
2 strip naked 4 Apt Pupil scene.
2 others w allegations.
1 said he would b fired
if he refused 2 perform naked.
Suits *settled ==> NDA
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
"But Fox didn't blink,
by summer 1998,
X-Men was greenlit
w $75M budget."
"Bryan would bring people
2 story mtgs
who weren't involved in movies.
Young guys.
A different person every time."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
by summer 1998,
X-Men was greenlit
w $75M budget."
"Bryan would bring people
2 story mtgs
who weren't involved in movies.
Young guys.
A different person every time."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
"David, the Phone Guy"
Bryan Singer's
phone-answering | $500/wk asst,
David Hayter
took credit 4 writing X-Men.
"Just sit there, take notes,
don't say anything +
don't tell anyone
u r writing the script,"
Singer says 2 Hayter
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
Bryan Singer's
phone-answering | $500/wk asst,
David Haytertook credit 4 writing X-Men.
"Just sit there, take notes,
don't say anything +
don't tell anyone
u r writing the script,"
Singer says 2 Hayter
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
Bryan Singer was dating
Adam Robitel,
now director of Escape Room.
Singer cast Robitel,
then undergrad at USC,
in cameo role;
move common in '90s
but would B frowned upon today.
Ya know, dat
Harvey Weinstein | Les Moonves et al
use of casting couch?
https://www.backstage.com/u/AdamRobitel/
Adam Robitel,now director of Escape Room.
Singer cast Robitel,
then undergrad at USC,
in cameo role;
move common in '90s
but would B frowned upon today.
Ya know, dat
Harvey Weinstein | Les Moonves et al
use of casting couch?
https://www.backstage.com/u/AdamRobitel/
Alex Burton, "Pyro""Marc Collins-Rector
+
Bryan Singer
created that role 4 me."
"8 days after
X-Men's Ellis Island premiere
7-12-2000,
Burton filed civil suit
against 3 of Singer's
friends + business assocs in
the Digital Entertainment Network"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
The Den
Marc Collins-Rector
Chad Shackley
Brock Pierce
Michael Egan story is awful
Hired 2 *help around estate.
just keep ur clothes off.
Names:
David Neuman, Disney TV
David Geffen
Garth Ancier, Fox TV
Gary Goddard
Bryan Singer
https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/michael-egan-bryan-singer-lawsuit.html
Marc Collins-Rector
Chad Shackley
Brock Pierce
Michael Egan story is awful
Hired 2 *help around estate.
just keep ur clothes off.
Names:
David Neuman, Disney TVDavid GeffenGarth Ancier, Fox TVGary GoddardBryan Singer https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/michael-egan-bryan-singer-lawsuit.html
Nothing more than a
Grooming Factory
Gross.
Dark
Michael Egan "remembers being locked inside a gun closet 4 resisting Collins-Rector’s advances."
He also remembers drugs:
Valium
Vicodin
Xanax
Percocet
Ecstasy
Roofies.
Where's Peter Thiel?
https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/michael-egan-bryan-singer-lawsuit.html
Grooming Factory
Gross.
Dark
Michael Egan "remembers being locked inside a gun closet 4 resisting Collins-Rector’s advances."
He also remembers drugs:
ValiumVicodinXanaxPercocetEcstasyRoofies.Where's Peter Thiel?
https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/michael-egan-bryan-singer-lawsuit.html
Rdy 2 meet
The DEN?
~~ Digital Entertainment Network ~~
Sounds comfy.
Dig Platform late 1990s
4 kids!
Singer,
Marc Collins-Rector
Chad Shackley
Brock Pierce
Let's move on2
Collins-Rectom.
Such a *hottie.
How could u not want 2
*do him 2 get role? https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/found-the-elusive-man-at-the-heart-of-the-hollywood-sex-abus
The DEN?
~~ Digital Entertainment Network ~~
Sounds comfy.
Dig Platform late 1990s
4 kids!
Singer,
Marc Collins-Rector
Chad Shackley
Brock Pierce
Let's move on2
Collins-Rectom.
Such a *hottie.
How could u not want 2
*do him 2 get role? https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/found-the-elusive-man-at-the-heart-of-the-hollywood-sex-abus
Digital Entertainment Network
This idea was a pre-cursor 2 YooToob.
Targeting kids.
Joining Bryan Singer
+
Marc Collins-Rector
is
@ChadShackley
High School pal enabler.
Now he a Mr. + Mr.
Yeesh.
Adoptions?
This idea was a pre-cursor 2 YooToob.
Targeting kids.
Joining Bryan Singer
+
Marc Collins-Rector
is
@ChadShackley
High School pal enabler.
Now he a Mr. + Mr.
Yeesh.
Adoptions?
The DEN's
Brock Pierce
"Strange Saga of
Jeffrey Epstein’s
Link 2 Child Star
Turned Cryptocurrency Mogul"
9-18-19
@kimmasters
Steve Bannon
in business starting in mid-2000s https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/strange-saga-jeffrey-epstein-s-link-brock-pierce-1240462
Brock Pierce"Strange Saga of
Jeffrey Epstein’s Link 2 Child Star
Turned Cryptocurrency Mogul"
9-18-19
@kimmasters
Steve Bannonin business starting in mid-2000s https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/strange-saga-jeffrey-epstein-s-link-brock-pierce-1240462
Mos earlier,
Collins-Rector
hit w civil suit
4 sexually abusing
13-yo.
Nov 2019,
Burton's lawyer filed
renewal of judgment
against Collins-Rector + Shackley.
In interviews at this time,
Bryan Singer conceded
he was taking pain medication 4 bad back
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
Collins-Rector
hit w civil suit
4 sexually abusing
13-yo.
Nov 2019,
Burton's lawyer filed
renewal of judgment
against Collins-Rector + Shackley.
In interviews at this time,
Bryan Singer conceded
he was taking pain medication 4 bad back
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
"Y have we accepted
exploitation of women is outrageous
+ fair game 2 confront
but are not willing 2
when it's gay men
exploiting young men or boys?
The ability 2 exploit
is exactly the same.
Who is more manipulatable
than a teenager?"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
exploitation of women is outrageous
+ fair game 2 confront
but are not willing 2
when it's gay men
exploiting young men or boys?
The ability 2 exploit
is exactly the same.
Who is more manipulatable
than a teenager?"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
Gary Goddard, DEN investor[Anthony Edwards]
Bryan Singer
+
Gary Goddard
accused in 2014 civil suit
of sexually assaulting
17-year-old boy
after 2006 premiere of
Singer's Superman Returns
in London.
Rupert Murdoch's
Fox Studios
kept bringing him back
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
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"WME quietly dropped [Singer] as a client."
Fox exec says
Singer instead enjoyed
lack of scrutiny.
Hollywood+Fox R Dumb
"Every1 was afraid 2 say anything
bc feeling was,
'Would we say this 2
straight director
who was womanizer?'"
psst. it's a crime.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
!["WME quietly dropped [Singer] as a client."Fox exec says Singer instead enjoyedlack of scrutiny.Hollywood+Fox R Dumb"Every1 was afraid 2 say anythingbc feeling was, 'Would we say this 2straight directorwho was womanizer?'"psst. it's a crime. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EeYg8caUYAY_JHI.png "\"WME quietly dropped [Singer] as a client.\"Fox exec says Singer instead enjoyedlack of scrutiny.Hollywood+Fox R Dumb\"Every1 was afraid 2 say anythingbc feeling was, 'Would we say this 2straight directorwho was womanizer?'\"psst. it's a crime. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081")
Fox exec says
Singer instead enjoyed
lack of scrutiny.
Hollywood+Fox R Dumb
"Every1 was afraid 2 say anything
bc feeling was,
'Would we say this 2
straight director
who was womanizer?'"
psst. it's a crime.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
Over yrs,
at least 2 pieces
that delved N2 Singer abuse claims
were killed:
2001 Details piece by John Connolly
+
2018 Esquire story by Alex French + Maximillian Potter. (Latter later pub by The Atlantic.)
Wonder Y the catch + kill
by Details + Esquire?
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
at least 2 pieces
that delved N2 Singer abuse claims
were killed:
2001 Details piece by John Connolly
+
2018 Esquire story by Alex French + Maximillian Potter. (Latter later pub by The Atlantic.)
Wonder Y the catch + kill
by Details + Esquire?
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081
‘Nobody Is Going to Believe You’
March 2019
The Atlantic
Bohemian Rhapsody director
Bryan Singer
has been trailed by accusations of
sexual misconduct 4
20 years.
Here,
his alleged victims tell their stories. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak-out/580462/
March 2019
The Atlantic
Bohemian Rhapsody director
Bryan Singer
has been trailed by accusations of
sexual misconduct 4
20 years.
Here,
his alleged victims tell their stories. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak-out/580462/
Brian Peck
X-Men actor,
served 16 mos in prison
after admitting 2
2 counts of abusing
Nickelodeon child actor
Charged w 8 counts of sexual abuse,
incl abuse by
'by anesthesia or controlled substance'
6-8-2015 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3115792/Pedophile-X-Men-actor-convicted-sexually-abusing-Nickelodeon-child-star-working-underage-kids.html
X-Men actor,
served 16 mos in prison
after admitting 2
2 counts of abusing
Nickelodeon child actor
Charged w 8 counts of sexual abuse,
incl abuse by
'by anesthesia or controlled substance'
6-8-2015 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3115792/Pedophile-X-Men-actor-convicted-sexually-abusing-Nickelodeon-child-star-working-underage-kids.html
"An Open Secret"
2014 film about sexual abuse
of children in Hollywood's
*entertainment industry.
Dance 4 daddy.
#AnOpenSecret
#BeCourageous
#ReportIt
#LifeGetsBetter
@AnOpenSecret https://vimeo.com/142444429
2014 film about sexual abuse
of children in Hollywood's
*entertainment industry.
Dance 4 daddy.
#AnOpenSecret
#BeCourageous
#ReportIt
#LifeGetsBetter
@AnOpenSecret https://vimeo.com/142444429
"Hollywood’s Underage Sexual Abuse Problem:
5 Shocking Injustices From
‘An Open Secret’
Amy Berg's
2015 documentary
had a quiet release. https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/hollywoods-underage-sexual-abuse-problem-5-shocking-injustices-from-an-open-secret-1201891024/
5 Shocking Injustices From
‘An Open Secret’
Amy Berg's
2015 documentary
had a quiet release. https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/hollywoods-underage-sexual-abuse-problem-5-shocking-injustices-from-an-open-secret-1201891024/
It hurts Mommie
Bob Villard
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tobey Maguire
"Villard’s photo trademark was having
'the children looking up at the camera
as they would be looking up
at the predator in an abuse situation.'”
Poor Leotardo DiCrapio.
Where's Tugboat?
https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/hollywoods-underage-sexual-abuse-problem-5-shocking-injustices-from-an-open-secret-1201891024/
Bob VillardLeonardo DiCaprio
Tobey Maguire
"Villard’s photo trademark was having
'the children looking up at the camera
as they would be looking up
at the predator in an abuse situation.'”
Poor Leotardo DiCrapio.
Where's Tugboat?
https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/hollywoods-underage-sexual-abuse-problem-5-shocking-injustices-from-an-open-secret-1201891024/
“Pedophile ring” DEN
founded by abuser,
his former victim,
+ well-known child actor.
Early investors:
Bryan Singer
David Geffen
DEN execs
threw drug-fueled sleepovers
4 young boys at their mansion
Fmr child actor
Michael Harrah
SAG
Young Perf Com member
https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/hollywoods-underage-sexual-abuse-problem-5-shocking-injustices-from-an-open-secret-1201891024/
founded by abuser,
his former victim,
+ well-known child actor.
Early investors:
Bryan Singer
David Geffen
DEN execs
threw drug-fueled sleepovers
4 young boys at their mansion
Fmr child actor
Michael Harrah
SAG
Young Perf Com member
https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/hollywoods-underage-sexual-abuse-problem-5-shocking-injustices-from-an-open-secret-1201891024/
