The first teaser for director Jay Roach and writer Charles Randolph's film "Bombshell" is here!
The teaser is light on dialogue, but it does give an idea about the secret alliances and whisper networks that were required for various women associated with Fox News to feel comfortable enough to go public with allegations against the network's late founder, Roger Ailes.
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On Wednesday, Lionsgate released the teaser, which depicts Nicole Kidman as news anchors Gretchen Carlson, and Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly.
The cast also includes Alice Eve as “Fox and Friends” co-host Ainsley Earhardt, Alanna Ubach as “Justice With Judge Jeanine” host Jeanine Pirro, Allison Janney as Ailes’ legal counsel Susan Estrich, Mark Duplass as novelist Douglas Brunt, Malcolm McDowell as media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and John Lithgow as Ailes.
While most of the cast portray real-life figures on both sides of the scandal, Margot Robbie plays a fictional character, Kayla Pospisil, a FOX News associate producer created for the film.
"Bombshell" is not the only project out this year that tackles the scandal, which resulted in Ailes' resignation as chairman and CEO in July 2016.
In June, Showtime premiered the miniseries "The Loudest Voice," which co-starred Russell Crowe as Ailes and Naomi Watts as Carlson.
The film will debut in theaters in December 2019.
‘Fox News Scandal’
The network has been accused of permitting sexual harassment and racial discrimination by on-air hosts, executives, and employees, paying out millions of dollars in legal settlements.
Prominent Fox News figures such as Ailes, Bill O'Reilly, and Eric Bolling were eventually fired after a multitude of women accused them of sexual harassment. At least four lawsuits alleged Fox News co-president Bill Shine ignored, enabled or concealed Roger Ailes' alleged sexual harassment.
Fox News CEO Rupert Murdoch has dismissed the high-profile sexual misconduct allegations as "largely political" and speculated they were made "because we are conservative".
O'Reilly and Fox News settled six agreements, totaling $45 million, with women who accused O'Reilly of sexual harassment.
In January 2017, shortly after O'Reilly settled a sexual harassment lawsuit for $32 million ("an extraordinarily large amount for such cases"), Fox News renewed O'Reilly's contract.
Fox News's parent company, 21st Century Fox, said it was aware of the lawsuit. The contract between O'Reilly and Fox News read he could not be fired from the network unless sexual harassment allegations were proved in court.
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