Update (Nov. 10, 9:35 a.m.): The Orchard, the distribution company behind Louis C.K.’s I Love You, Daddy, announced Friday that it is done with the film.

“The Orchard will not be moving forward with the release of “I Love You, Daddy,” the company said in a statement.

Prior to the C.K. scandal that broke Thursday, the company sent out screeners for awards consideration.

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Shortly after The New York Times published a damning report detailing the accounts of five women accusing Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct, the distributor of the comedian’s upcoming movie announced that it is pausing its originally planned release.

C.K.’s upcoming drama I Love You, Daddy was scheduled for limited release on November 17, but that is no longer the case, according to distributor the Orchard.

“There is never a place for the behavior detailed in these allegations,” the company said in a statement. “As a result, we are giving careful consideration to the timing and release of the film and continuing to review the situation.”

In the Times report, five women claim that C.K. either masturbated in front of them, masturbated while on the phone with them, or requested to masturbate in front of them. C.K.’s publicist, Lewis Kay, told the Times that the comedian “is not going to answer any questions” about the allegations. He has not yet responded to Vanity Fair’s request for comment.

I Love You, Daddy is C.K.’s first directorial effort in years, and one that gained considerable buzz earlier this year when it was revealed he shot it in New York City in secret this past summer. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, a popular destination for filmmakers with awards-season aspirations. However, its content has already stirred up controversy. According to the Times, there are scenes where a character “pretends to masturbate at length in front of other people, and other characters appear to dismiss rumors of sexual predation.”

The plot alone has also raised eyebrows: C.K. plays a divorced TV producer whose teenage daughter (Chloe Grace Moretz) falls in love with a much older man (John Malkovich), a celebrated filmmaker with a checkered past and an undeniable fondness for very young women. Several critics have compared the character to Woody Allen, and in its content and black-and-white photography, C.K.’s movie also consciously echoes Allen’s 1979 film Manhattan, in which Allen’s character dates a high-school student, played by Mariel Hemingway. In real life, the actress was 16 years old when Manhattan was shot; Allen was 44. (Moretz was 20 when she filmed I Love You, Daddy.)