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Director Sam Levinson Excitement Fame takes the helm for the upcoming HBO series Sculpture from Amy Seimetz (The Girlfriend Experience, She Dies Tomorrow) followed by an abrupt exit with about 80 percent of the six-episode series complete. A release date was not confirmed, despite a November 2021 order for a series starring The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp.
Rolling stone It recently reported that since Levinson’s acquisition, the nearly finished $54-75 million project has been canceled and the director rewrote and re-shot the entire project. When the magazine interviewed 13 members of the show’s cast and crew, they were reportedly told that Levinson had used “disturbing sexual content and nudity to match – and even surpass – has diluted the show’s overarching message by dialing down its most successful shows, Excitement,
“What I signed up for was a black satire of fame and fame model at 21 scheduled tribe century. The things we subject our talents and stars to, the forces that propel people into the limelight and how they can be manipulated in a post-Trump world. It went from sarcasm to something that was satirical,” said one production member, while another said, “It was like any rape fantasy any toxic guy on the show would have — and then The lady comes back for more because it makes her music better.
Meanwhile, The Weeknd shared a clip on Twitter, which features him and actor Lily-Rose Depp Rolling stone and calls them “irrelevant” and “past its prime”. Unsurprisingly, the comeback has not gone over well with fans who have questioned the way the team has responded to the allegations.