{"id":1423629,"date":"2022-04-07T11:44:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423629"},"modified":"2022-04-07T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:45:00","slug":"toxic-brand-paramount-actress-jojo-siwa-exit-will-smith-backed-movie-bounce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toxic-brand-paramount-actress-jojo-siwa-exit-will-smith-backed-movie-bounce\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxic Brand: Paramount, Actress JoJo Siwa Exit Will Smith-Backed Movie \u2018Bounce\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftoxic-brand-paramount-actress-jojo-siwa-exit-will-smith-backed-movie-bounce%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423629&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Nickelodeon teen star JoJo Siwa is leaving the Will Smith-backed young adult movie <em>Bounce<\/em>.\u00a0Paramount Pictures has also removed the project from its development slate, sources close to the project say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat project got put on hold, and then went away,\u201d Siwa <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/jojo-siwa-bounce-movie-will-smith-paramount-1235226975\/\">told<\/a> <em>Variety<\/em> of the movie adaptation of <em>Bounce<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 based on the young adult book by Megan Shull \u2014 on Saturday. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t the one.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI normally stay out of all politics, it\u2019s not my gig,\u201d added the star of Nickelodeon\u2019s <em>The JoJo &#038; BowBow Show Show<\/em>. \u201cBut, I will say that being kind to one another is very important. I think that can go both ways, kindness.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20565290\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-937520532.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>JoJo Siwa performs onstage at Nickelodeon\u2019s 2018 Kids\u2019 Choice Awards at The Forum on March 24, 2018 in Inglewood, California. (Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sources also told the outlet that the project fell apart months ago, and is not related to Will Smith physically attacking Chris Rock at this year\u2019s Oscars after the comedian made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.<\/p>\n<p>The film was first announced in 2020, and was brought to the studio\u00a0by producer Caleb Pinkett (Pinkett Smith\u2019s brother). Both Will Smith and his wife were reported to also be producers at the time, not as leads, but instead lending support to\u00a0Caleb Pinkett.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The project also reportedly made waves last year, after Siwa, who is a highly visible LGBTQ figure among teens, lamented the script of Bounce including a kissing scene in which she had to kiss a male co-star.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the latest sign that Will Smith\u2019s acting career and his sprawling production apparatus is crumbling.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>***LANGUAGE WARNING***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This type of thuggish behavior has no place in civilized society. Will Smith needs to be charged for assault. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MydlQBTqBT\">pic.twitter.com\/MydlQBTqBT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACTBrigitte\/status\/1508294636670009344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week, Netflix\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/04\/03\/netflix-puts-will-smith-movie-fast-and-loose-on-ice\/\">pasued<\/a>\u00a0production on the Will Smith crime thriller <i>Fast\u00a0and Loose.<\/i>\u00a0That was followed by Sony announcing that it has \u201cpaused\u201d production of\u00a0<em>Bad Boys 4.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana\u00a0Mastrangelo on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and Twitter at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nickelodeon teen star JoJo Siwa is leaving the Will Smith-backed young adult movie Bounce.\u00a0Paramount Pictures has also removed the project from its development slate, sources close to the project say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1423629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1423629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1423629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1423629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}