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The Cyborg depicter is reportedly not cooperative with a third-party investigator hired by Warner Brothers to investigate the misconduct allegations against ‘Justice League’ director.
Sep 6, 2020
AceShowbiz – “Justice League” star Ray Fisher is apparently refusing to cooperate with a misconduct investigation into director Joss Whedon.
Back in July (20), Fisher aired his grievances against the filmmaker, accusing him of “abusive and unprofessional” behaviour.
The Cyborg actor’s claims have since caused Warner Bros. to launch a misconduct investigation into Whedon and Geoff Johns and Jon Berg, producers of the 2017 flick.
According to a statement released by studio executives, however, Fisher has not been cooperating with an independent third party investigator, who was hired at his request.
“In July, Ray Fisher’s representatives asked DC Films President Walter Hamada to talk to Mr. Fisher about his concerns during the production of Justice League,” a spokesperson wrote. “The two had previously spoken when Mr. Hamada asked him to reprise his role as Cyborg in Warner Bros.’ upcoming Flash movie, together with other members of the Justice League.”
They recalled Fisher “recounted disagreements he’d had with the film’s creative team regarding his portrayal of Cyborg, and complained that his suggested script revisions were not adopted,” adding that Hamanda, “explained that creative differences are a normal part of the production process, and that a film’s writer/director ultimately has to be in charge of these matters.”
The statement was released just hours after Fisher took to Twitter, and told his followers Hamada had attempted to “throw” Whedon and Berg “under the bus in hopes that I would relent on Geoff Johns.”
Warner Bros. chiefs denied the suggestion, with the spokesperson continuing, “Mr. Hamada also told Mr. Fisher that he would elevate his concerns to WarnerMedia so they could conduct an investigation. At no time did Mr. Hamada ever ‘throw anyone under the bus,’ as Mr. Fisher has falsely claimed, or render any judgments about the Justice League production, in which Mr. Hamada had no involvement, since filming occurred before Mr. Hamada was elevated to his current position.”
They continued, “While Mr. Fisher never alleged any actionable misconduct against him, WarnerMedia nonetheless initiated an investigation into the concerns he’d raised about his character’s portrayal. Still not satisfied, Mr. Fisher insisted that WarnerMedia hire an independent third party investigator.”
“This investigator has attempted multiple times to meet with Mr. Fisher to discuss his concerns but, to date, Mr. Fisher has declined to speak to the investigator,” it concludes.

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In a couple of tweets, the Cyborg depicter thanks the studio for finally looking into the matter weeks after he spoke up against director Joss Whedon for allegedly fostering a hostile work environment.
Aug 21, 2020
AceShowbiz – Warner Bros. is officially launching an investigation into abuse allegations on the set of Joss Whedon’s “Justice League”. Weeks after Ray Fisher spoke up against the director, who took over from Zack Synder during the reshoots, the studio is looking into the matter.
It’s Fisher himself who revealed the ongoing investigation into the matter. In a couple of tweets, which he re-posted on Instagram, the Cyborg depicter wrote on Thursday, August 20, “After 5 weeks of interviews with various cast/crew, @WarnerMedia has officially launched an independent third-party investigation to get to the heart of the toxic and abusive work environment created during Justice League reshoots. This is a MASSIVE step forward!”
“I believe this investigation will show that Geoff Johns, Joss Whedon, Jon Berg (and others) grossly abused their power during the uncertainty of AT&T’s merger with Time Warner,” he added, before thanking “@WarnerMedia and @ATT for making strides to ensure a safer workplace for all!”

Last month, in the wake of announced plans to release Zack Snyder’s cut of “Justice League”, Fisher spoke up against Whedon’s “abusive, unprofessional” behavior on the set of the 2017 film. Asked to compare working with Whedon and Snyder, who left the project due to a family tragedy, the actor replied, “I don’t want to compare them in any way, shape or form. But what I will say toward the Joss Whedon situation is obviously I put out some pretty strong words and some pretty strong comments about Joss Whedon, and every single one of those words, every single one of those comments, is true.”
Doubling down on his comments, the 32-year-old tweeted earlier this month that Whedon’s treatment on the cast and crew was “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable.” He went on alleging that producers Geoff Johns and Jon Berg “enabled” Whedon.
In a statement to Variety, Berg denied Fisher’s claims, saying it was “categorically untrue that we enabled any unprofessional behavior” on “Justice League” set.
In a tweet posted last week, Fisher detailed Johns’ action that he categorized as enabling Whedon. “During the LA reshoots for Justice League, Geoff Johns summoned me to his office to belittle and admonish my (and my agent’s) attempts to take grievances up to the proper chain of command. He then made a thinly veiled threat to my career,” he tweeted. “This behavior cannot continue.”

Warner Bros. has not addressed the matter.

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The Cyborg depicter apparently has no good impression of former Marvel helmer Joss Whedon, accusing the director who replaces Zack Snyder of misconduct in the workplace.
Jul 2, 2020
AceShowbiz – “Justice League” star Ray Fisher has slammed the superhero blockbuster’s fill-in director, Joss Whedon, accusing the filmmaker of “abusive” and “unprofessional” conduct on set.
A day after the actor publicly retracted a statement he made about Whedon at Comic-Con 2017, in which he called the director “a great guy,” Ray, who played Cyborg in the film, has lashed out, revealing the moviemaker did not endear himself to cast and crew after taking over the project from Zack Snyder, who was forced to step down due to a family tragedy.
“Joss Whedon’s on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional and completely unacceptable,” Fisher tweeted on Wednesday (01Jul20).
Whedon has yet to comment.

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