7 hours agoKevin Spacey hurts Netfixin. Company must pay damage with millions of euros
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Netflix lost tens of millions of dollars because of Kevin Spacey. The network said it received an unexpected $39 million bill for content he had decided not to go on air. The company specified, not what content was involved in its letter to investors, but one [...]
The company did not specify the content of its letter to investors, but a close source said it was about the canceled projects with Kevin Spacey.
The source said the bill concerned the cost as a result of the closure of “House of Cards” and the non-publishing of the RH, a series in which the main actor was Spacey.
The latter was charged by some last year with aggression or improper sexual behavior. News of the salt bill that Netflix must now pay highlights the financial cost that recent sex harassment scandals have had for producers or distributors.
A wave of accusations has shaken the Hollywood and other industries. “House of Cards” gave Netflix an important victory when the political drama made its debut in 2013, but after the outbreak of the scandal with Kevin Spacey in October, the company announced that the sixth film season would be the last.
Despite that close sources with the company said this decision had long been discussed, the Spacey scandal complicated things. Even the production of the final season that has not been broadcast was suspended for weeks as the scenario was rewritten to leave Spaceyen out.
Netflix also cancelled plans to display “Gere”, a history of writer Gore Vidal, which was in post-production phase
