Spacey film hits theatres in August

He was erased from NEW YORK All the Money in the World and booted from House of Cards, but a movie starring Kevin Spacey is going forward with a summer release.

Vertical Entertainment announced it will release Billionaire Boys Club on video-on-demand July 17 and in theatres Aug. 17.

The film is about young wealthy men in Los Angeles who run a Ponzi scheme.

It stars Taron Egerton, Emma Roberts and Spacey.

Billionaire Boys Club was shot in 2015, before Spacey was accused of sexual assault and inappropriate behaviour by numerous people. Spacey apologized to one accuser, Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp, who said Spacey tried to force himself on Rapp in 1986, when Spacey was 37 and Rapp was 14.

“We don’t condone sexual harassment on any level and we fully support victims of it,” the film distributor said.

“At the same time, this is neither an easy nor insensitive decision to release this film in theatres, but we believe in giving the cast, as well as hundreds of crew members who worked hard on the film, the chance to see their final product reach audiences.”

Other companies have elected to remove Spacey entirely from their productions.

After shooting was completed but before the film was released, Sony Pictures and director Ridley Scott chose to reshoot large parts of All the Money in the World with Canadian actor Christopher Plummer in Spacey’s role.