Woody Allen has used his own Facebook page to release the trailer for his delayed film A Rainy Day In New York.
The 83-year-old’s latest movie started life as an Amazon project, but the website pulled the film amid Woody’s resurfaced #MeToo allegations and he is now suing them for $68 million over their decision.
In the trailer, Selena Gomez, Elle Fanning, Timothee Chalamet and Diego Luna find themselves in kooky romantic entanglements as a downpour hits the Big Apple.
New work: Woody Allen has used his own Facebook page to release the trailer for his delayed film A Rainy Day In New York starring Timothe Chalamet
Timothee and Elle play a couple who take a romantic weekend getaway to Manhattan – she is an aspiring journalist and he has ambitions in cinema.
Meanwhile, Timothee gets a part in his friend’s film, an attempted ‘modern film noir classic,’ and while on the set he meets an entrancing woman played by Selena.
Selena and Timothee wind up sitting in a car together to film a kiss scene, though he initially has misgivings about this particular sequence.
Showbiz legacy: Selena Gomez, Elle Fanning (pictured), Timothee Chalamet and Diego Luna find themselves in kooky romantic entanglements as a downpour hits the Big Apple
‘Hey, are you gonna keep your mouth closed?’ Selena asks after one of the takes, and Timothee says anxiously: ‘I have a girlfriend Chan, I don’t think I can do this.’
However, he eventually gets so caught up in the kiss that he keeps going even when rain after rain ruins the take, and Selena assures him she ‘won’t tell your girlfriend.’
Elle and her apparent professional collaborator, played by Jude Law, continue pursuing a story about how ‘unhappy’ Raleigh is with his own failing film.
Staying in style: Timothee and Elle play a couple who take a romantic weekend getaway to Manhattan – she is an aspiring journalist and he has ambitions in cinema
Breaking news: Elle gets to interview a famous filmmaker called Raleigh played by Liev Schreiber, who offers her a ‘scoop,’ namely that he is ‘going through a real artistic crisis’
While she works on the story, she meets hunky movie star Francisco Vega, played by Diego, and is visibly starstruck by his sex appeal.
‘My roommate thinks you’re the greatest thing to come along since the morning after pill,’ she tells him on their first encounter.
Before long, news cameras catch them emerging from a door onto the street together, with anchors speculating that they are an item.
Timothee becomes suspicious of Elle, and Selena helps coach him through a phone call where he half-accuses his girlfriend of infidelity.
Thunderbolt: Meanwhile, Timothee gets a part in his friend’s film, an attempted ‘modern film noir classic,’ and while on the set he meets an entrancing woman played by Selena
What a time: ‘Hey, are you gonna keep your mouth closed?’ Selena asks after one of the takes, and Timothee says anxiously: ‘I have a girlfriend Chan, I don’t think I can do this’
He winds up in a bar and encounters a sex worker played by Kelly Rohrbach, whom he pays $5,000 to accompany him to a party and scandalize his family.
Meanwhile, Elle goes out drinking with both Raleigh and Francisco for her story, leading Timothee to lament that they have ‘lost the whole weekend.’
In one scene on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Selena tells Timothee: ‘Real life is fine for people who can’t do any better.’
During another scene, Timothee tells Elle in a swank bar: ‘Take off your raincoat,’ and she replies: ‘I can’t. I have no clothes underneath.’
Crossing over: However, he eventually gets so caught up in the kiss that he keeps going even when rain after rain ruins the take, and Selena assures him she ‘won’t tell your girlfriend’
Overwhelming: While she works on the story, she meets hunky movie star Francisco Vega, played by Diego, and is visibly starstruck by his sex appeal
In the 1990s, Woody was accused of molesting his then seven-year-old adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow, an allegation he consistently denied.
Although the court did not find enough evidence to proceed with charges, Woody was denied custody of all his children, and the ruling stated that his ‘behavior toward Dylan was grossly inappropriate and that measures must be taken to protect her.’
In the decades since, Dylan has maintained that she was abused, and has been supported in this by her mother Mia Farrow and brother Ronan Farrow.
As the #MeToo movement picked up in 2017 and 2018, the case regained public attention, to the point that multiple actors apologized for working with Woody.
Situation: Timothee becomes suspicious of Elle, and Selena helps coach him through a phone call where he half-accuses his girlfriend of infidelity
Hijinks: He winds up in a bar and encounters a sex worker played by Kelly Rohrbach, whom he pays $5,000 to accompany him to a party and scandalize his family
These included Timothee, who donated his earnings to the Time’s Up Foundation, RAINN and New York City’s LGBT center.
Amazon eventually pulled the film, but French company Mars Films will release the movie in theaters in the Fifth Republic in September, France 24 reports.
Woody sued Amazon in February for scrapping, in the words of his filing ‘four separate deals with’ him over ‘a 25-year-old, baseless allegation,’ according to the New York Times.
Amazon has maintained that it was ‘justified in terminating’ its arrangements with Woody, the New York Times reported in April.
Philosophical: In one scene on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Selena tells Timothee: ‘Real life is fine for people who can’t do any better’
