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The 82-year-old Oscar-winning director of
comedies like "Annie Hall" and "Midnight in Paris" has
traditionally released a new movie every year.
But Amazon Studios said on Thursday it had not set a date for "A
Rainy Day in New York," starring Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Hall
and Jude Law, although filming finished in 2017.
Amazon Studios declined to elaborate. But New York Post
columnist Richard Johnson wrote on Thursday that the movie had
been shelved "and may never be released."
Allen's representatives referred questions to Amazon Studios.
The uncertainty over the fate of "A Rainy Day in New York"
follows comments by some Hollywood celebrities distancing
themselves from Allen during the #MeToo movement highlighting
sexual misconduct that has swept the entertainment industry in
the past year.
Allen has repeatedly denied decades-old accusations that he
molested his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, when she was 7
years old in the early 1990s.
Chalamet and Hall in January joined some other actors from
previous Woody Allen movies in donating their salaries to causes
supporting sexual abuse victims, or saying they regretted
working with the director.
Allen's last movie, "Wonder Wheel," starring Kate Winslet, did
poorly at the box office, taking in only $1.4 million since its
December 2017 arrival in movie theaters.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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