Justin Baldoni’s Planned Pac-Man Movie in Jeopardy Due to Ongoing Legal Battle with Blake Lively
Justin Baldoni’s planned Pac-Man movie is facing serious trouble due to the ongoing legal battle between the actor-director and his It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively. The production and post-production process of the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel was plagued by friction between its two stars, which ultimately led to Lively suing Baldoni for sexual harassment and intimidation. Since then, he has countersued for defamation and civil extortion.
As a result, Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios has been dropped by WME, which the studio relied on to help package projects and find third-party films to finance. This has put the status of Pac-Man up in the air, with Baldoni claiming to have lost hundreds of millions of dollars as a result.
It is unclear how many projects have fallen through due to the lawsuit, but Baldoni claims to have lost several, including Pac-Man. While it is possible that the movie could still happen once the lawsuit is settled, it is also unclear how much the situation would damage the studio’s reputation.
Partners are reportedly conversing about their business relationship with the studio, and if the lawsuit doesn’t reach an adequate verdict for Baldoni, the studio is at risk of losing financial partners. The situation is likely to be a tough time professionally for Baldoni until the lawsuit settles.
