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Petit topo sur l'altércation qu'il y a eut entre Thomas Gibson et Virgil Williams un des producteur auteur de la série.

Spoilertv a écrit:: Criminal Minds - Season 12 - Thomas Gibson Fired; New Details Emerge

Posted by Nirat Anop at Sunday, August 14, 2016 214 Comments
Criminal Minds

Update: 13th August New Details Emerge, Thomas Gibson Hires Top Lawyer.

Thomas Gibson, fired on Friday after an altercation on the set of his CBS drama Criminal Minds, has hired a top Los Angeles law firm to pursue possible legal claims against the show's producers.

Skip Miller, a prominent litigator with experience in entertainment industry disputes, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that he and partner Sasha Frid have begun representing Gibson and are evaluating whether to pursue legal claims. Miller, Frid and other attorneys at the Miller Barondes firm are set to meet with their client early next week. Miller declined to comment further.

The move comes as new details emerge from the fracas on the long-running CBS procedural and of Gibson's sometimes-contentious relationship with his cast and crew.

Gibson, 54, was terminated by producers ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios after allegedly kicking writer-producer Virgil Williams in the shins during an on-set argument more than two weeks ago. Gibson, who stars in the show and was directing an episode written by Virgil, is said to have disagreed with Virgil about a creative choice, and the argument escalated to a physical fight. (A source close to Gibson describes his actions as "self defense" because Virgil trains as a boxer but other sources say Virgil is known to be a non-aggressive presence on the set and is small in stature and often wears a bow tie and blazer to work.) The incident was witnessed by several Criminal Minds producers, including showrunner Erica Messer.

After the altercation, Williams filed a formal complaint with human resources representatives for the studios and sat for an extensive interview. (Howard Davine, executive vp for ABC Studios, which is the lead producer on the show, is said to be playing a key role in the internal investigation). Gibson, who has been with the drama for 12 years, was suspended for two episodes and another director was brought in to finish the episode he was helming. A day after news of the suspension became public, Gibson was let go. Neither Messer, Davine nor ABC Studios or CBS Studios would comment but the language in the statement announcing his dismissal lacked the usual Hollywood sugar-coating. "Thomas Gibson has been dismissed from Criminal Minds," CBS and the studios said in a joint statement Friday. "Creative details for how the character's exit will be addressed in the show will be announced at a later date."

Gibson, who is said to have made about $5 million to star in the show last season, issued his own statement Friday in which he said he loved Criminal Minds but declined to apologize for any bad behavior. Instead, he said, "I had hoped to see it through to the end, but that won't be possible now. I would just like to say thank you to the writers, producers, actors, our amazing crew, and most importantly, the best fans a show could ever hope to have."

It's unclear what claims, if any, Gibson might pursue against the studios or CBS. In 2011, Charlie Sheen sued Warner Bros. Television and writer-producer Chuck Lorre for $100 million over his dismissal from the hit CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men after repeated erratic behavior. In the suit, Sheen alleged he had "suffered the intangible loss of employment-related opportunities," among other claims, from his termination. (The case settled.) In a key difference from the Gibson matter, Sheen was not accused of physical abuse.

Source: Full Article on The Hollywood Reporter

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Update: 12th August Thomas Gibson responds to his firing.

"I love Criminal Minds and have put my heart and soul into it for the last 12 years," Gibson said in a statement to THR on Friday. "I had hoped to see it through to the end, but that won't be possible now. I would just like to say thank you to the writers, producers, actors, our amazing crew, and, most importantly, the best fans that a show could ever hope to have."

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Update: 12th August It now appears that he has been fired.

Thomas Gibson's time on CBS' Criminal Minds have come to an end.

"Thomas Gibson has been dismissed from Criminal Minds. Creative details for how the character's exit will be addressed in the show will be announced at a later date," producers ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios said in a statement.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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This is the second incident for Gibson with the series; he pushed another producer a few years ago and had to attend anger management classes though he was not suspended.

The actor, who has been with the veteran CBS procedural since its start, has been suspended for two episodes, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

"There were creative differences on the set and a disagreement," Gibson said in a statement to THR. "I regret that it occurred. We all want to work together as a team to make the best show possible. We always have and we always will."

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Aaron Hotchner will be going MIA. I’ve learned that Criminal Minds star Thomas Gibson has been suspended for at least one and likely two episodes after a physical altercation with a producer on the set of the CBS crime drama. (I hear the incident involved Thomas kicking the producer).

In addition to Gbson’s immediate suspension from acting on the ABC Studios/CBS TV Studios-produced show — now believed to be filming episodes 3 and 4 – I hear his Season 12 directing stint on Criminal Minds also was nixed following the incident. (Gibson has directed 6 episodes of Criminal Minds so far.) I hear Gibson has been written off the episodes during the suspension, and production on the show continues.

I hear the matter is being handled by Human Resources, with Gibson’s future status on the show under review. Deadline reached out to ABC Studios and CBS for comment earlier on Wednesday.

Source: Deadline

Même si je suis contre la violence, je dis que ça fait un peu cher payé pour un simple coup de pied dans le tibias. Il ne lui a pas cassé une bouteille sur la tête non plus ou roué de coup.
Après, oui, il y a eu un précédent avec l'acteur mais une suspension et qui sait, peut-être une thérapie du contrôle ou je ne sais plus comment ça s'appelle, aurait pu tout autant l'aider voir mieux qu'un licenciement Rolling Eyes

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Le truc c'est qu'il a déjà profité de cette fameuse cure contre la violence en 2010. Le véritable problème c'est qu'ils l'ont convoqué, je parle là des scénaristes producteurs et directeurs de chaines et la sanction était 2 semaines d'évictions et la direction des zods futurs que Thomas devait dirigés envolés.
Puis paf, le lendemain, il est viré. Il se retrouve avec double sanction et fausse joie si je puis dire.

Là, Thomas veut porter plaintes, il a engagé les must du barreau pour le représenté. On en saura plus courant de la semaine à venir à savoir s'il est dans son intérêt de les poursuivre en justice ou de laisser tomber.

Ah d'accord ! Je suis blonde ! Je crois l'avoir lu hier ou avant-hier en plus dans un article. Oui, c'est ce que j'avais lu pour les deux semaines et maintenant, il le vire. Ils n'ont pas été honnête avec lui.
C'est ce que j'ai pu comprendre dans l'article pour le dépôt de plainte et l'excellent cabinet d'avocat qu'il a engagé (Il a les moyens tu me diras). Après les poursuivre en justice, pourquoi pas mais les conséquences sur le tournage et l'ambiance sur le plateau pourraient être compliquées. Et d'un autre côté, laisser couler alors qu'il n'a donné qu'un coup de pied dans le tibias, ça ne serait pas bon non plus.

C'est compliqué pour lui, pour le coup...

Oui voilà, il semble avoir un problème de gestion de la colère, il a eut un précédent mdr, tout le monde le sait mais on va quand même lui chercher des poux, c'est fou quand même mdr.
Il est sortit pour se calmer, l'idiot le suit et en remet une couche à croire qu'il voulait le pousser à la confrontation et ainsi obtenir la résultante. Au finish il a gagné ce Virgil!

J'aurai juste aimer avoir une vraie fin pour son personnage, chose que la chaine n'a même pas voulu accorder à son public fidèle de 12 ans.

Oui, c'est vraiment stupide de la part du scénariste. Tu ne vas pas dans un bar avec un alcoolique et tu n'énerves pas quelqu'un qui a du mal à gérer ses nerfs...
En tout cas, Shemar Moore ne semble pas vouloir soutenir son ancien partenaire à l'écran Rolling Eyes

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J'espère qu'ils vont assurés pour son départ sinon ils risquent vraiment de perdre plus qu'un acteur...

Oui j'ai vu pour Shemar, je trouve ça pas très cool, Thomas est viré et lui ne fait plus partie du cast, je trouve ça déplacer.

M'enfin, déjà dans la série les deux personnages ne s'aimaient pas beaucoup mdr, ils n'avaient pas trop à ce forcer à jouer leurs disputes à l'écran mdr.

Je n'ai pas apprécié non plus. Il aurait pu au moins le soutenir en mémoire des années où ils ont travaillés ensemble même s'ils ne s'appréciaient pas spécialement.
Oui, leur jeu d'acteur n'a pas dû être vraiment difficile ptdr

Oui ou tout simplement se taire, rester à sa place comme l'ont fait les autres acteurs de la série.

M'enfin, nous verrons bien ce qu'il adviendra de tout cela.

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