Excited about the prospect of a Black Superman movie written by Ta-Nehisi Coates? Great. A lot of people are anxious to see this new direction for the Man of Steel. On the other hand, Ray Fisher would rather drop his pants all over it, by roping the film into his continued beef with Warner Media and DC Films chief, Walter Hamada.
Yesterday, Fisher launched another attack against Hamada via Twitter, claiming the exec attempted to deligitimize the investigation into misconduct by Justice League director Joss Whedon, only to then try and cover it all up by giving fans a Black Superman.
Do ya’ll remember that time Walter Hamada and @wbpictures tried to destroy a Black man’s credibility, and publicly delegitimize a very serious investigation, with lies in the press?
But hey, Black Superman…
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— Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) February 27, 2021
WarnerMedia didn’t let Fisher’s comments sit out there for long. They issued their own statement disputing his accusations…
“Once again there are false statements being made about our executives and our company surrounding the recent Justice League investigation. As we have stated before, an extensive and thorough third-party investigation was conducted. Our executives, including Walter Hamada, fully cooperated, no evidence was found of any interference whatsoever, and Warner Bros. did not lie in the press. It’s time to stop saying otherwise and move forward productively. “
Furthermore, the statement by WarnerMedia was backed by the Katherine B. Forrest, who led the investigation into Fisher’s allegations against Whedon…
“I am disappointed by continued public statements made suggesting that Walter Hamada in any way interfered with the Justice League investigation. He did not. I interviewed him extensively on more than one occasion and specifically interviewed him concerning his very limited interaction with Mr. Fisher. I found Mr. Hamada credible and forthcoming. I concluded that he did nothing that impeded or interfered with the investigation. To the contrary, the information that he provided was useful and advanced the investigation.”
The back-and-forth continued as Fisher took one last shot…
As I’ve said from the start:
Walter Hamada ATTEMPTED to interfere with the JL investigation.
He was unsuccessful in doing so because I did not allow him to.
Having the investigator make a statement claiming there was no interference is purposely misleading and desperate.
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— Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) February 27, 2021
And so on and so on. At this point, I don’t think this ends until WarnerMedia and Warner Bros. stop responding to Fisher. It’s clear at this point, based on troubling accounts by Charisma Carpenter and others who back up her claims of mistreatment by Whedon, that his career is toast for the most part. It’s my opinion that Fisher isn’t helping matters by trashing good things that WarnerMedia does, and I would including the hiring of Coates in that. What does it serve?
Fisher will be seen next, and likely for the final time, as Cyborg in Zack Snyder’s Justice League on March 18th. He had been set to reprise the role in The Flash, but as consequence of his repeated attacks against the studio, he was cut from the film.
