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Marilyn Manson has filed a defamation lawsuit in Los Angeles County court against Evan Rachel Wood, Deadline reports and documents reviewed by The FADER confirm. Wood and four other women accused Manson of sexual abuse last February, and Wood has reasserted her claims in the documentary Phoenix Rising, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

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Marilyn Manson as her alleged abuser in the trailer for Phoenix Rising – watch below.The actor and activist detailed her experience while romantically involved with Manson for a two-part HBO documentary, set to be released next month.Last year, the actor publicly accused Manson, her former partner, of abuse, claiming that he started grooming her when she was a teenager and “horrifically abused me for years”.The musician has denied all allegations by Wood and allegations by others, claiming that his accusers were “cynically and dishonestly seeking to monetise and exploit the #MeToo movement” by launching a “coordinated attack against him”.The film also follows Evan Rachel Wood as she works towards the Phoenix Act legislation that she co-authored and lobbied for.Watch the trailer for Phoenix Rising here:The film was directed by Amy Berg, who Wood approached in 2019 to work on the project.Speaking to Variety, the director said of the original plan for the documentary: “It wasn’t about Marilyn Manson and his whole world. This was about an Erin Brockovich story.

Phoenix Rising have been announced by HBO. Watch the trailer below.The film, which documents Wood’s decision to name Marilyn Manson as her alleged abuser, has two parts, titled Don’t Fall and Stand Up.

In the last several years, following terrific docs like “An Open Secret” “Prophet’s Prey,” and “West Of Memphis,” filmmaker Amy Berg has quickly become one of the premier documentarians in the field of abuse cases and injustices, often centering around stories of female exploitation and abuse. Her latest is HBO’s “Phoenix Rising,” a two-part documentary produced and directed by Amy Berg (“The Case Against Adnan Syed”), follows actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood (“Westworld”) as she takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence to pursue justice, heal generational wounds, and reclaim her story.

Zack Sharf “I’m here today to talk about Brian Werner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson,” Evan Rachel Wood says in the official trailer for Amy Berg’s two-part HBO documentary “Rising Phoenix.” The movie, which world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last month, finds Wood reflecting on her abuse allegations against Marilyn Manson and connecting with other women who came forward with stories against the singer.HBO’s official synopsis for “Phoenix Rising” reads: “The documentary follows actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood as she takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence to pursue justice, heal generational wounds and reclaim her story. Almost a decade after escaping a dangerous relationship, Wood co-authors and successfully lobbies for passage of The Phoenix Act, legislation that extends the statute of limitations for domestic violence cases in California.

It took Evan Rachel Wood years to muster the courage to name her abuser. A lot of people knew who he was, divorced from her, because of his job, his public persona, his notorious reputation — controversial, provocative, fundamentally harmful.

accused her former fiancé Brian Warner — otherwise known as the controversial goth rocker Marilyn Manson — as her abuser for the first time.But as the now 34-year-old Wood claims in “Phoenix Rising,” a feature documentary whose first half premiered Sunday night at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, the signs had been apparent for years — and in at least one instance, viewed by nearly 30 million fans on YouTube.In the film, set to air in its entirety on HBO in March, Wood recalls her appearance in his 2007 music video for “Heart-Shaped Glasses,” which shows the couple having sex, or so it appears. While the song plays over these specific clips in the video, the documentary airs the sound of Wood, then 19, shouting in distress.“We had discussed a simulated sex scene,” Wood said.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticHaving been in the spotlight the vast majority of her life, both onscreen as an actor and offscreen as a Hollywood cautionary tale, Evan Rachel Wood understands how media works. She sees the potential of its manipulation, and how the consequences can careen out of control.

A new two-part documentary about actor Evan Rachel Wood and her decision to publicly accuse Marilyn Manson of abuse is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival later this month. It will then air on HBO in the spring.Titled ‘Phoenix Rising’, director Amy Berg says that the film was originally about Wood’s emergence as an activist working to improve legal protections for survivors of domestic abuse.

The 2022 Sundance Film Festival may have pivoted to a virtual festival because of Omicron Rising (which feels like the title of a movie or a new Pink Floyd record), but it is moving full-steam ahead regardless. Today, the festival added two new late-edition titles to the line-up.

Abigail E. Disney and Kathleen Hughes’ The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales and Amy Berg’s Phoenix Rising have been added to the Special Screenings section of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, taking place virtually from January 20-30. The news from the Sundance Institute was accompanied by an announcement that single film ticket sales will open on January 13 at 10 a.m. MT.

The 2022 Sundance Film Festival may have pivoted to a virtual festival because of Omicron Rising (which feels like the title of a movie or a new Pink Floyd record), but it is moving full-steam ahead regardless. Today, the festival added two new late-edition titles to the line-up.

Multiple award-winning documentaries have been made about the child sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, including Amy Berg’s Deliver Us From Evil, Alex Gibney’s Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, and Kirby Dick’s Twist of Faith. 

This battle is finally over — at least Chris Pratt seems to think so.

Marvel star Chris Pratt has finally addressed that controversial internet moment in October which saw him dubbed the 'Worst Chris' in a Twitter poll. When a seemingly light-hearted poll started by writer Amy Berg asked which famous Chris should go – Pratt, Hemsworth, Evans or Pine – Pratt's name was mentioned so many times that he began trending on Twitter.

Gallery: Jake Gyllenhaal's best films (BANG Showbiz)However, he then quipped: "I do have them in body-fat content, though. So I am more buoyant.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterNetflix has announced a new four-part documentary series with the Emmy-winning filmmaker behind HBO’s “The Sentence.”On Jan. 29, the streaming service will roll out “We Are: The Brooklyn Saints” around the globe, an inside look at an inner-city youth football league in Brooklyn.Directed and executive produced by Rudy Valdez, the project was set up by Imagine Documentaries, the prolific non-fiction arm of Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment, in association with Amy Berg’s Disarming Films.Using verité footage, the series follows the league geared toward boys aged 7-13 years old — where the Brooklyn Saints team serves as more than a sport, but a family and vehicle for opportunity.

Chris Pratt is getting some support from his brother-in-law Patrick Schwarzenegger after he was deemed the "worst Hollywood Chris" from fans weeks ago. In late October, Pratt was criticized by thousands of Twitter users who responded to a meme from filmmaker Amy Berg, asking fans to weigh in on which Chris in Hollywood is their least favorite.

Patrick Schwarzenegger is standing by brother-in-law Chris Pratt after a viral internet challenge this fall named him the “worst Hollywood Chris.”

In a bizarre turn of events, Chris Pratt's Avengers co-stars heeded the call and came out to defend the actor against a growing social media backlash that began with a throwaway Twitter meme that morphed into theGuardians of the Galaxy star being dubbed "Hollywood's worst Chris." It all began innocently enough on Twitter on Sunday when Warrior Nun writer Amy Berg tweeted pictures of Chris Pratt, Chris Pine, Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans captioned with the words "one has to go," part of a popular game on the social media platform. There followed a deluge of responses that singled out Pratt as the unlucky Chris.