Bryan Singer confirms he won't be doing any X-Men promotion because... well, you know
The allegations against Bryan Singer have continued to mutate, to reference a movie franchise that is having difficulty being talked about right now, with ramifications expanding rapidly since the moment Singer was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a then-17-year-old boy. In the past few days, Singer’s accuser, Michael Egan, has filed three similar lawsuits against Garth Ancier, a veteran TV programmer at NBC, Fox, Disney, The WB, and The CW; theater producer Gary Wayne Goddard; and former Disney executive David Neuman. Like Singer, those men have denied the charges, with attorneys for both Singer and Ancier arguing they have demonstrable evidence that their clients were not at the Hawaii estate where Egan says many of the assaults took place.
Nevertheless (and not unexpectedly), the accusations have still had consequences for Singer. Earlier this week came the news that a forthcoming documentary from Amy Berg on sex abuse in Hollywood—a film Berg has been working on for two years—will likely include Egan’s story, possibly implicating Singer. Meanwhile, ABC pulled promos for its new series Black Box that touted Singer as its executive producer. And the director canceled an appearance at WonderCon, where he was scheduled to do interviews to promote X-Men: Days Of Future Past, with screenwriter Simon Kinberg serving in his stead.