Bryan Singer’s Red Sonja movie put on hold

Last week, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts suspended his British Academy Film Awards nomination for

Bohemian Rhapsody in the wake of sexual assault allegations made against him.

And on Monday, Millennium Films announced that it has delayed the start of shooting on his new project Red

Sonja. It had been planned that principal photography would begin this year in Bulgaria but a spokesperson for the company said that the project ‘is not on the slate at the moment.’

The Usual Suspects and X-men filmmaker Singer has denied the allegations against him published by the Atlantic, calling the article a ‘homophobic smear piece’ that was ‘conveniently timed’ to take advantage of the success of Bohemian

Rhapsody. Singer was accused in the article of inappropriate groping and sexual relationships with four young men.

At the time, Millennium chairman Avi Lerner said the film production company was staunchly supporting the director in the wake of the allegations.

‘I know the difference between agenda driven fake news and reality, and I am very comfortable with this decision. In America people are innocent until proven otherwise,’ Lerner said. Singer was hired in September to direct Red Sonja in a $10-million deal.

The film was to be based on the female warrior introduced in 1934 in Robert E. Howard’s story The Legend of the Vulture.

The character was played on screen by Brigitte Nielsen in 1985 opposite

Arnold Schwarzenegger.