LOS ANGELES: Harvey Weinstein made a clutch of Oscar-winning films. Brad Pitt’s production house Plan B and Annapurna Pictures have acquired the rights to make the film, The New York Times confirmed Thursday. #MeToo hashtag, is the campaign encouraging women to denounce experiences of sexual abuse that has swept across social media in the wake of the wave of allegations targeting Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. Italian film star Asia Argento claims that disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein allegedly assaulted her, in a bombshell New Yorker expose published on October 10, 2017. At the time she says the movie mogul harassed her, she was dating Pitt, who confronted Weinstein over the incident.--AFP

Source: New Strait Times April 27, 2018 03:22 UTC