New York Post

Weinstein pics on ice

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HARVEY Weinstein’s downfall may also down his slate of upcoming TV series and movies — including his solo live-action directoria­l debut.

Weinstein announced in August that he would direct “Mila 18,” an adaptation of Leon Uris’ novel about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

“It was a book that inspired me,” Weinstein, who directed the 1986 comedy “Playing for Keeps” with his brother Bob, wrote in a Deadline Hollywood piece.

With the exec now in rehab, questions are swirling about what will happen with various Weinstein Co. projects. The company’s name has been stripped from the Amazon series “The Romanoffs,” and the phones at the Weinstein Co. are being answered “TWC.”

Weinstein’s next big Oscar contender, “The Current War” — starring Bene

dict Cumberbatc­h (inset) as Thomas Edison — was scheduled to be released in November, but has now been postponed indefinite­ly into next year. “The Upside,” with Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston is still slated for wide release in March, but it will not get an Oscar-qualifying run, as had been previously discussed. Two other projects may be in limbo: the movie version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway show “In the Heights,” and an adaptation of Lisa Bloom’s book about the Trayvon Martin case, “Suspicion Nation.” “Harvey’s name is toxic now,” one Hollywood veteran told me. The Weinstein Co. had no comment, but an insider said, “This is speculatio­n. None of the things you’re reporting seem to be known at all right now.”

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