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A soap-opera story line has unfolded in the pages of the trade magazines.
Our heroine is Kirk, a friend of producer Brett Ratner.
Kirk stars in and wrote the upcoming filmThe Reckoning,directed by her boyfriend,Hellboys Neil Marshall.
Later that morning, she texted Packer His [sic] not very nice!
He just wants to fuck nothing else does not even want To say anything!
He replied U OK?
He says to tell him they met at a party.THRfound no indication Brener knew about the relationship.
October 14, 2014:Tensions strained between Kirk and Packer.
He replied, Im really happy for you.
Just dont want to overpromise.
Sending you good energy.
Ratner angrily denied her involvement in the deal.
I also deny that I had any connection to the Warners Bros/Rat-Pac slate-financing deal, she said.
I had nothing to do whatsoever with closing the transaction, directly or indirectly.
October 21, 2014:Ahead of a face-to-face meeting, Packer texts Kirk, Dont push me.
Cant wait tough girl… he replied.
Get back in your box or lets fight.
Lying and blackmail are a bad start… tough lying girl.
In her reply, Kirk said This is all getting out of hand.
Im just asking you to do the right thing and help me.
Lets just meet and resolve this amicably, ok?
He concedes: Ill meet you but get back in your box.
After they meet, Kirk would text Packer, but apparently received no response.
Three years later, Packersellshis interest in RatPac-Dune,reportedlyhaving sustained losses from several WB projects.
March 25, 2015:Kirk texts Tsujihara saying she received a very strange call from Brett.
She continued saying Brener was ignoring her calls and presumably referenced her upcoming role inHow to Be Single.
A two liner??
U have got to be kidding me!!
Its unclear whether he responded.
A source withTHRsays the casting was backchanneled by producer Joshua Rickard, who was previously Ratners assistant.
U havent even come close to doing it.
If you thought I would be so easily manipulated youre wrong.
In other messages, he called her entitled and despicable.
August 2015:I am helping you but your attitude sucks.
As I said, I dont owe you anything.
If anything u owe me for all the money James paid you.
A thank you would be nice.
Kirk is unhappy with the accusation shes been paid for sex.
Ratner also implores her to leave Tsujihara alone.
KT cannot get you jobs or auditions I told u this many times, he writes.
The agreement was apparently never signed and Ratner hasnt made another movie.
The film was directed by British filmmaker Joshua Newton, who had a five-year relationship with Kirk.
Written by Newton, the film purports O.J.
Simpson was framed in the infamous murder, based on Newtonsreexaminationof the case.
Kirks casting wasinitially reportedon June 28, 2013.
At the time,THRdid not revealthe name of the actress and her agent denied any wrongdoing.
(Meyer was divorced by the time of the settlement.)
Marshall gave The Wrap a firm denial.
The sources allege he chose to pay the money and did not tell Comcast.
The plague horror stillopenedthe genre festival on August 20.
Charlotte Kirks 15 minutes havent even started yet.
Kirk does not appear in the finished film.
They allege Marshall and Newton separately contacted Meyer when he stopped paying.
