Trump Gets ‘Last Laugh’? Michael Moore’s Anti-Trump Movie In Trouble Due To Feud With Weinsteins

According to Deadline, Michael Moore’s feud with the Weinsteins over his anti-Trump documentary, “Fahrenheit 11/9,” has the potential to get litigious — and give President Trump “the last laugh.”

Since breaking documentary box office records with his George W. Bush hit-piece “Fahrenheit 9/11,” Moore has struggled to find a topic that will get Americans to theaters. He’s been banking on his newest project, a quasi-sequel focusing on Donald Trump’s stunning electoral victory and first tumultuous year in office, to reverse his box office fortunes.

But there’s a major roadblock: The Weinsteins have control over the project and are “right now blocking Moore and his WME reps from being able to set the film with a theatrical distributor or a premium broadcast outlet,” Deadline reports.

The dispute involves Moore’s refusal to pay back the Weinsteins the over $2 million they’ve already sunk into the project because he doesn’t want to cut a check to alleged sexual predator, Harvey Weinstein. In turn, the Weinsteins are refusing to give up control of the project.

“Sources describe the crux of the dispute this way: the Weinsteins want their money back, while Moore and his WME reps want them to step aside, chalking the loss up to the price of scandal,” Deadline reports. “Moore, who blasted Harvey Weinstein after numerous women came forward in press reports, doesn’t want to pay anything because morally it would compromise his film to cut a check to a man he considers a sexual predator, sources said.”

Moore insists the Weinsteins should accept the financial loss as just an unfortunate fallout from the scandal and step aside so he can finish the project. “After all, blocking the film from release would give the last laugh to Trump, whom Weinstein campaigned against in the last presidential election when he backed Hillary Clinton, before the Democratic Party cut all ties with him following the scandal,” Deadline notes.

If the impasse results in a lawsuit, Deadline suggests Moore will likely allege fraud against Harvey Weinstein for entering into the deal while knowing he was being investigated for sexual misconduct.

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