Like previous Sonnier-produced film Run Hide Fight- which featured actual scenes of an animal being hunted and killed before devolving into what our James Godwin rebukes as “ Die Hard in a High School”- Shut In will be available to stream exclusively through their platform in January with a twelve-dollar subscription. Contributors include Ben Shapiro, an executive producer on Shut In, and Candace Owens. Besides Bonfire Legend’s legacy, The Daily Wire is an ultra-conservative outlet that promotes Trump-era tactics through multiple mediums on their website. That being said, I do appreciate knowing what I’m getting into ahead of time or, in this case, who I’d be funding. One way or the other, I say let the finished product speak for itself and let society judge it. Now, I’m not particularly overzealous when it comes to the political polarization of films. You’ll also notice another banner on the trailer for The Daily Wire. Sonnier and Presmyk have basically changed the studio name to Bonfire Legend, one of the production banners you’ll see at the start of Shut In ’s trailer. His additional production company and media outlet, Rebeller, also ended abruptly after producing one movie, 2020’s taboo school-shooter Run Hide Fight. During this time, Sonnier was forced to sell Fangoria to Go Multimedia. Last year, New Line let the option expire on Shut In. (Williamson told the Daily Beast he’d done nothing wrong.) When female crew members reported the offenses, Sonnier and Presmyk reportedly told them it would be too expensive to fire Williamson and that they should use a ‘buddy system’ whenever they needed to interact with him.” Fred Williamson and William Sadler in VFW
ĭ Magazine‘s Peter Simek writes, “Crew members claimed that 82-year-old veteran blaxploitation actor Fred Williamson attempted to grope a costume designer and made sexual overtures to someone in hair and makeup who quit the production over the abuse. More stories about Cinestate productions began creeping out as well, including a female star ordered to perform sex scenes with a producer’s friend who had replaced an actor in the film at the last minute, women being harassed in a makeup trailer, an extra’s account of being groped during a shoot, and extras claiming they were severely hurt during fight scenes involving the lead cast on the set of VFW. According to Dallas Observer, however, over a dozen people alleged the pair knew what was going on and turned “a blind eye to it.” The Daily Beast began calling Donaghey “the Harvey Weinstein of Dallas.” Audio of Donaghey’s aggressive behavior toward crew members on the set of 2016s Occupy Texas was released, essentially putting Sonnier and Presmyk in the crosshairs. In early 2020, Sonnier’s Cinestate partner Adam Donaghey was accused of raping a sixteen-year-old on the set of David Lowrey’s 2016 film A Ghost Story.
Craig Zahler’s films Bone Tomahawk (under Caliber Media), Brawl in Cell Block 99, and Dragged Across Concrete, among others like Joe Begos’ VFW and Chelsea Stardust’s Satanic Panic. Over the prior eleven years, Sonnier had been producing some of the edgiest films out there. He was the head of Fangoria and was co-head of the production company Cinestate. It all seemed to be lining up.īefore 2020, producer Dallas Sonnier was on fire.
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Shut In had even attracted the eye of Jason Bateman, who was initially supposed to direct the movie for New Line. Toast’s screenplay made 2019s Black List / Blood List, making it one of the hottest scripts in the business.
Shut In was written by Melanie Toast and has been in production hell since the writer’s script was picked up by producers Dallas Sonnier and Amanda Presmyk in 2018. Sometimes, it’s better to understand what you’re getting yourself into rather than dealing with the conscientious consequences of having decided to watch it. I’ve watched my fair share of controversial films like Cannibal Holocaust, which is infamous for its scenes depicting animal abuse, as well as Victor Salva’s notorious Clownhouse, where the director was accused of sexual abuse by the film’s young stars during post-production then later convicted of the crime. Now, I am not the type to tell anyone what they can and can’t do.
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