Rebel Wilson's directorial debut 'The Deb' premieres at TIFF

Rebel Wilsons directorial debut The Deb premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival amid legal trouble reported PeopleRebel is currently involved in legal trouble with three of its producers who filed a defamation lawsuit against her in July At the red carpet event she shared that this is not an ideal situationWilson had earlier accused the producers of trying to block the film from screening at TIFF She added obviously there was a struggle to have the movie playHowever she tries to focus on the positives At the end of the day Im so proud the fact that TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey chose this to play at the festival And the honor to be chosen for TIFF and again as a firsttime female director its just hugeOn the question that she can place the legal issue behind she shared Yeah I feel very confident that Yeah because the movie speaks for itself Its so good and its so original and so unique and its just going to the movie will shineWilson had intended to direct The Deb but agreed to perform in the film to gain financing She portrays Janette a salon worker and mother of the local teen bully Annabelle Stevie JeanThe defamation suit from two of The Debs producers Amanda Ghost and Gregor Cameron as well as executive producer Vince Holden came in response to Wilsons Instagram video on July 10 in which she accused the group of bad behavior on set Wilson claimed she was met with absolute viciousness and retaliatory behavior after reporting their alleged actionsGhost Cameron and Holden refuted Wilsons allegations that they embezzled monies and levelled their own accusations about her behaviour during the filming processThey attempted to stop the premiere of The Deb in Toronto The producers wrote in the document that they had to consider carefully whether to proceed with marketing the Film while it was embroiled in numerous credit and licensing disputes with WilsonThey shared that she attempted to force the issue and bully them into capitulating to her other unreasonable demands by leveraging her popularity on social media to spread these malicious and baseless liesWilson later wrote on Instagram Its not defamation if its the TRUTH saying that the legal move was a bogus PR stuntWilson shared on Instagram handle that The Deb would close the 2024 edition of TIFF reported PeopleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever