By Andrew Dalton, Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --Actor Ray Fisher says director Joss Whedon's behavior was "abusive" on the set of the 2017 film "Justice League."
"Joss Wheadon's on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable," Fisher, who played the young superhero Cyborg in the DC Comics film, tweeted Wednesday.
Fisher added that Whedon was "enabled, in many ways, by Geoff Johns and Jon Berg," two producers on the film who were executives running DC Films for Warner Bros. Pictures at the time.
Whedon has not responded to Fisher on social media, and emails from The Associated Press to representatives seeking comment from him and from Warner Bros. were not immediately returned.
Berg told Variety that it was "categorically untrue that we enabled any unprofessional behavior."
Whedon, known for his writing and directing on Marvel's "Avengers" films and television's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," was brought in during post-production to replace director Zack Snyder on "Justice League." He oversaw extensive reshoots, editing and visual effects on the film.
At the time of his departure, Warner Bros. said Snyder was stepping away to be with his family following the death of his 20-year-old daughter.
In May, Warner Bros. announced that Snyder's long director's cut of "Justice League" would appear next year on the streaming service HBO Max, something fans had lobbied for since the film's original release with the hashtag ReleaseTheSnyderCut.
Fisher showed a sign of his displeasure with Whedon earlier this week when he tweeted a video of himself praising the director as a "great guy" during a panel at San Diego Comic-Con in 2017, with the comment, "I'd like to take a moment to forcefully retract every bit of this statement."
Judge delays order in antitrust case requiring Google to open up its app store
A federal judge on Friday delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more competition until an appeals court decides whether to block the shake-up because of legal questions surrounding a jury's verdict that branded Google as an illegal monopolist.
The delay granted during a court hearing in San Francisco comes less than two weeks after U.S. District Judge James Donato issued a decision that would have forced Google to make sweeping changes to its Play Store for Android smartphones starting Nov. 1.
The mandated changes included a provision that would have required Google to make its library of more than 2 million Android apps available to any rivals that wanted access to the inventory and also distribute the alternative options in its own Play Store.
Google requested Donato's order be stayed until the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals could examine the handling of a month-long trial that led to the December 2023 verdict, which framed the Play Store as an illegal monopoly that stifles innovation and drives up consumer prices.
In Friday's hearing, Donato scoffed at the notion that Google could succeed in overturning the trial verdict. "The verdict in this case was amply supported by a mountain of evidence about Google's anti-competitive conduct," the judge said.
But he decided the Ninth Circuit should be given a chance to consider a postponement until a panel of judges can decide can consider Google's appeal of the 2023 trial focused on antitrust claims lodged by video game maker Epic Games.
Donato said he wouldn't be surprised if the Ninth Circuit imposes an even longer delay on his ruling, "but that is for someone else to decide."
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