Super Size Me sequel dumped after director’s sexual misconduct confession

Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me sequel has been dropped by YouTube Red film bosses after he confessed to past sexual misconduct.
The documentary has also been pulled from next month’s (Jan17) Sundance Film Festival by the director’s former partners at Warrior Poets, the film production company he stepped down from on Thursday (14Dec17).
“Due to Morgan Spurlock stepping down from Warrior Poets, we the partners have decided that this is not the appropriate time for Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival,” company co-founder Jeremy Chilnick writes in a statement. “Therefore, we will be removing the documentary from the festival’s slate.”
The news comes two days after Spurlock, who also directed One Direction film This Is Us, published a blog post on Wednesday (13Dec17), in which he admitted he has been waiting for misconduct allegations to come out about him, because he has a history of bad behaviour with women.
He confessed to cheating on “every wife and girlfriend” he has ever had.
The director also revealed he was once accused of rape at college and paid off a former female assistant after she made sexual harassment allegations against him.
“By recognising and openly admitting what I’ve done to further this terrible situation, I hope to empower the change within myself,” he wrote. “We should all find the courage to admit we’re at fault. I will do better. I will be better. I believe we all can.”
Meanwhile, filming on a new unscripted series, titled Who Rules The World, has been suspended as producers sever ties with Spurlock.
The project, developed in part by Sarah Jessica Parker’s Pretty Matches company, had been co-produced by Warrior Poets and executive produced by Spurlock.