Equity Legion Of Toxic Fans
Jason Cousineau and Eric Renderking Fisk | April 10th, 2021
What happens when filmmakers create a motion picture that checks off all the woke or politically correct boxes, plays to all the correct tropes, adequately represents every under-represented group, and still makes a loathsome film?
What if major studios set out to make a so-called "Crowd Pleaser," and amongst the breathtaking action and special effects, they interject an over-the-top and overly preaching message, and the audience hates this movie for that very reason?
What happens when audiences revolt and criticize a crappy movie? Studios blame "Toxic Fanboys."
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Hollywood Reporter: "From 'Justice League' to 'Star Wars,' Studios Reckon With "Toxic" Fandom." Aaron Couch | March 31st, 2021
Hollywood majors are learning they can't be silent about what happens on social media, but as one rep cautions, "If you’re speaking out, you have to speak out for everyone."
When Zack Snyder's Justice League hit HBO Max on March 18, it marked the culmination of a years-long effort by a devoted group of DC fans to allow the director to finish a film he left in 2017. Along the way, Snyder's fans raised $500,000 for suicide prevention in honor of the filmmaker's late daughter, Autumn.
Despite the positives, a small but vocal segment of that fandom used social media to threaten and harass fellow fans, as well as WarnerMedia executives they perceived as standing in the way of the cut. WarnerMedia Studios CEO Ann Sarnoff made waves March 22 when she condemned such behavior in an interview with Variety, saying: “I’m very disappointed in the fans that have chosen to go to that negative place with regard to DC, with regard to some of our executives."
