From being surrounded by news of being kicked out of Olivia Wilde’s next movie, don’t worry darling, to be cast in one of the big budget movies, Shia LaBeouf made several big headlines. Francis Ford Cappola, director of The Godfather and The Godfather IIannounced the cast of his next big budget movie, Megacity.
The film stars Cappola’s sister, Talia Cappola, her nephew Jason Shwartzman, Shia LaBeouf, Grace VanderWaal, Kathryn Hunter and James Remar.
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FKA Twigs filed a lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf
Since Shia LaBeouf’s ex-girlfriend FKA Twigs filed a lawsuit against the actor in December 2020, this will be the first big-budget film he’s worked on.
Shia LaBeouf has been busy with his upcoming German Italian biopic, Father Piodirected by Abel Ferrara and starring Shia Lebouf as Father Pio.
After being in a relationship for less than a year, Shia LaBeouf’s girlfriend accused him of sexual assault, assault and inflicting emotional distress.
According to the New York Times, she accused Shia LaBeouf of strangling her, stricken her with an STD and other instances of physical and mental abuse.
Waitttt isn’t the guy who got kicked out of worry honey over abuse allegations
— loved ۞ (@kalonfitz) August 31, 2022
The actor denied the charges in an email to The Times saying, “many of these allegations are not true.”
Shia Labeouf’s run-ins with the law
It wouldn’t be the first time the actor has faced such legal issues. He was charged with assault and battery and petty theft, for which a judge placed him in a judicial diversion program to avoid jail time.
Earlier in 2015 a video surfaced on the Internet in which, according to the actor, “It’s the kind of shit that makes a person abusive,” and saying later, “If I had stayed there, I would have killed her.”
While appearing on an episode of the Real Ones podcast, Shia LaBeouf said, “I screwed up badly. Like crash and burn type shit. Hurt a lot of people, and I’m fully aware of that.
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Olivia Wilde claims Shia LaBeouf was fired from Don’t Worry Darling
After Olivia Wilde claims she fired Shia LaBeouf from her movie don’t worry darling, the actor did not hesitate to deny the allegations. He revealed his emails and text messages with the actor-turned-director denying he hadn’t been fired, but he quit the film due to scheduling issues.
He also deleted a video of Wilde, where she appears to be asking him to smooth things over between him and Florence Pugh so they can start filming.
Olivia Wilde claims she fired Shia LaBeouf because Pugh was uncomfortable around him due to the abusive accusations against him and she didn’t match his energy.
However, Shia LaBeouf denied all claims and said he was not fired, and he left the film because his co-casters were unable to reunite for a rehearsal.
People are reacting to Shia LaBeouf getting a big budget movie
Netizens don’t seem happy to hear that Shia LaBeouf was cast by a director like Cappola, even after facing such accusations against him.
HIM DECASTED THEN
— wengel (@wengelll) August 31, 2022
They started asking questions like, why is he still getting movies and asking not to cast him? They took to Twitter to express their thoughts.
We are so tired of him
— Andy;🅰️🏳️🌈 (@Ca_cu_ca) August 31, 2022
A user said, “Nobody wants that.”
Some even called out the director for supporting questionable and problematic people. A user said, “What does Cappola support questionable/problematic people.”
ofc the aggressor will throw the other aggressor.. luckily coppola is on his last breath
— rex (@bosssababe) August 31, 2022
Many users have also said that they will not watch any Shia LaBeouf movies.
we won’t watch anything with shia labarf
— Apollo (@616POOLE) August 31, 2022
Francis Ford Cappola works on Megapolis independently
Megacity is a big budget movie, costing around $100 million, and Cappola is financing the whole movie independently.
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he said: “People can be very reluctant, but sometimes the other idea represents what’s coming in the future. It deserves to be considered.
Megacity also stars Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne, Jon Voight and Aubrey Plaza. The film follows an architect who attempts to rebuild New York after a larger disaster.
The development of the film dates back to the 1980s. The film continued to delay the film until 2001. but after the September 11 attack, the film was pushed back.
After 40 years of starting the project, the director is still dedicated to making the film, which seems to be happening now. Francis Ford Cappola directs and writes the film himself.
As the film is still in production, no information regarding the film’s release is provided at this time.
Source: Twitter
