Film & TVNewsSee the trailer for Evan Rachel Wood’s Marilyn Manson film, Phoenix RisingThe upcoming HBO documentary details Wood’s abuse allegations against the rock star, and the legal campaign to pass her vital Phoenix ActShareLink copied ✔️February 23, 2022Film & TVNewsTextThom Waite HBO has shared the first trailer for Phoenix Rising, the two-part documentary that revolves around Evan Rachel Wood’s allegations of abuse against Marilyn Manson, and her connection with other women who came forward to share similar stories about the rock star. “I’m here today to talk about Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson,” the actor says in the new preview, which also sees her family discuss how Warner hid behind his musical persona. Elsewhere, Wood shares her realisation that she wasn’t alone, experiences with a support group, and the ensuing legal fight that resulted in the passage of the Phoenix Act. Wood initially accused her former partner of years-long abuse in February 2021, posting a statement to social media that read: “The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson. He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years.” Four women would also come forward in early February, saying that they experienced violence and harassment, sexual and verbal abuse, and were forced by Manson to take drugs. All four women claimed that they still suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Directed by documentarian Amy Berg, Phoenix Rising premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. New details that emerged at the premiere included Wood’s claim that she was “essentially raped” by Manson during a music video shoot when she was 19. The first part of Phoenix Rising (subtitled “Don’t Fall”) airs via HBO on March 15, with the second part (“Stand Up”) arriving the following day. The full film will also be made available to stream via HBO Max on March 15. Watch the Phoenix Rising trailer above. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREMeet the 2025 winners of the BFI & Chanel Filmmaker AwardsOobah Butler’s guide to getting rich quickRed Scare revisited: 5 radical films that Hollywood tried to banPlainclothes is a tough but tender psychosexual thrillerCillian Murphy and Little Simz on their ‘provoking’ new film, Steve‘It’s like a drug, the adrenaline’: Julia Fox’s 6 favourite horror filmsHow Benny Safdie rewrote the rules of the sports biopic Harris Dickinson’s Urchin is a magnetic study of life on the marginsPaul Thomas Anderson on writing, The PCC and One Battle After AnotherWayward, a Twin Peaks-y new thriller about the ‘troubled teen’ industryHappyend: A Japanese teen sci-fi set in a dystopian, AI-driven futureClara Law: An introduction to Hong Kong’s unsung indie visionary