News broke at the start of June that John Boyega was abruptly exiting Jeremy Saulnier’s Netflix movie “Rebel Ridge” due to “family reasons.” The movie, Saulnier’s second Netflix original feature after “Hold the Dark,” was only a week into filming in Louisiana after being delayed for a year because of the pandemic.
“Top Netflix executives, including head of global films Scott Stuber and co-CEO Ted Sarandos, tried to persuade the star to return to the set without success,” THR’s report continues, although a source close to Netflix told IndieWire that Sarandos was not involved.
Boyega’s agent Oguns issued the following statement to THR combating the report: “I can categorically say that these rumors are completely untrue.
When news of Boyega’s exit first hit at the start of the month, a Netflix spokesperson said the streamer was still “looking forward to continuing our partnership with John Boyega’s UpperRoom Productions.” While he won’t appear in “Rebel Ridge,” Boyega is the star of the upcoming Netflix movie “They Cloned Tyrone.” “Rebel Ridge” is budgeted at a reported $25 million and co-stars AnnaSophia Robb, Emory Cohen, Don Johnson, James Cromwell, and James Badge Dale.