Following a series of alarming reports detailing his treatment of employees, Rudin remains repped by WME and backed by powerful billionaires like David Geffen and Barry Diller, who together formed two public LLCs with Rudin for their Broadway investments in West Side Story and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, leading to speculation that Rudin still profits from projects he “stepped back” from.
“Because, if you can so cavalierly just shout something out like that to your staff, without any consequence to what that means for me, that’s a huge problem.” Calling the police, like pushing people out of cars, was one of Rudin’s frequent intimidation tactics, according to former employees.
Sources say he remains in close contact with Rudin, taking over his producing duties at A24, including Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, with Denzel Washington and McDormand, and Jennifer Lawrence’s Red, White and Water.
Wes Anderson, who has made seven movies with the producer, won’t be answering questions about Rudin while promoting his upcoming film The French Dispatch, according to his team.