Brett Ratner is setting out to make the wrong things right.
The "Rush Hour" director has taken steps toward atoning for the gay slur he let slip last November with committing to direct a video campaign for GLAAD, according to Variety.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation was one of the organizations that pressured the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to drop Ratner as a producer of the 84th Academy Awards after he used offensive slang during a press conference for "Tower Heist."
Ratner met with GLAAD's board of directors this past weekend in a session that included "Jack the Giant Killer" director Bryan Singer and Oscar producer Brian Grazer, among others.
"Working together with GLAAD has been a very positive and enlightening experience for me, and I could not be more pleased to be developing this crucial campaign to help educate people that we all share the same humanity," Ratner said. "I am excited to get to work on this program and hope that minds and hearts are opened by what we create."
The video campaign will feature a diverse group of Hollywood celebrities, athletes, musicians and politicians "coming out of the closet" as supporters of equality. Participants will share personal stories about why and how they support the lesbian, gay, transgendered and bisexual community and will encourage Americans to do the same.
Ratner mentioned he would be working with GLAAD in his public apology last November, and it's good to see him making good on that statement. There might be some true redemption in store for one of Hollywood's biggest loudmouths yet.
