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Netflix Gave An Unproven Director $55 Million For A Sci-Fi Series, And He Blew It On Rolls-Royces, Crypto, And Dodgy Stock Bets (jalopnik.com)

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[-] SCB@lemmy.world 165 points 10 months ago

He changed his tune in a later arbitration case with Netflix, where he claimed that not only was the money contractually his to do with what he pleased, but Netflix owed him more than $14 million in unpaid invoices.

The absolute sack on this guy lmao

[-] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 41 points 10 months ago

That's how you get blacklisted from Hollywood.

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 41 points 10 months ago

With 55 million, do you even care lol

[-] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 30 points 10 months ago

I feel it depends how much of that money is still left useful.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Wanna buy dogecoins?

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