The last decade has seen Woody Allen’s career take a significant downturn after being blacklisted by much of Hollywood due to allegations of sexual abuse by his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, who said that Allen molested her when she was seven years old. The allegations are not new; they first emerged in a 1992 Vanity Fair profile of Allen’s ex-wife, Mia Farrow, and in a custody suit between Allen and Farrow that same year. But since no charges were brought, coverage of the story died down quickly at the time.

In 2014, after Allen received the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes, Mia Farrow and Allen’s estranged son, Ronan Farrow, both condemned the tribute to the filmmaker’s career, reiterating the abuse allegations. Shortly afterwards, Dylan Farrow wrote about the alleged molestation publicly for the first time, in an open letter published in the New York Times. Allen has always denied the allegations, describing them as “categorically false.”

In 2019, Allen’s film “A Rainy Day in New York” was shelved by Amazon Studios, leading the director to sue Amazon for $68 million (the case was eventually settled out of court). Allen’s most recent movie, “Rifkin’s Festival” (pictured above), was released to mixed reviews and, while it grossed $2.3 million internationally, made just $24,000 in its limited U.S. release.

Allen told La Vanguardia that his 50th and apparently final film, “Wasp 22,” will be similar to “Match Point” and described it as “exciting, dramatic and also very sinister.”