Lionsgate Investigating ‘BMF’ Producer for ‘Intimidation Tactic’ Aimed at Writers on Strike
variety.comBreAnna Bell “BMF” producer Ian Woolf is under investigation amid reports that he attempted to threaten and intimidate picketing writers in Georgia, where the third season of “BMF” is currently in production. “We take acts of intimidation and threats of violence seriously and investigate them thoroughly.
As we continue to investigate, we have sent home the individual involved,” said a Lionsgate rep in a statement to Variety. Writer Brian Egeston detailed the incident on Twitter on Thursday, alleging that Woolf steered his SUV in the direction of picketers and stopped short only feet away from hitting the group. “As I marched with the WGA in a peaceful protest, similar to the giants who have walked the very streets where you almost committed manslaughter, you chose to—in your own words— ‘Tried to scare you.'” Egeston wrote on Twitter. “Mr.
Woolf, this scare and intimidation tactic reeks of German Shepards, water hoses, bricks and burning flesh. It reeks of the worst kind of hate.
A hate that continually divides us as a people.” “Mr. Woolf, your actions purveyed a deep generational hate for us. And that, sir, is a travesty for which you must be held accountable.
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