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[–] [email protected] 158 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's how you get blacklisted from Hollywood.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

With 55 million, do you even care lol

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Wanna buy dogecoins?

[–] [email protected] 98 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you're reading this, Netflix, I'm willing to do the exact same thing for just $40 million.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’ll do it for just $500K and it’ll be a series about a man (me, extra savings on casting) wildly misspending the money battling a capitalist society run amok by paying off his mortgage and student loans. Episodes are about 30 secs to 1 min, depending how long the payment sites take to load.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

$500k will only barely get you a Rolls Royce Phantom, though 😞 Nobody should be expected to work under such horrible conditions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE MILLIONAIRES?

[–] [email protected] 77 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is this why they had to raise their prices again?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Netflix had in 2023 roughly 247 Million paying user (they say). Blowing 50 Mil. is like 0.20$ for every user. It was mostly a mix of inflation, greed and shareholder demand for profit increase (also greed) that made you pay now more, for barely the same service/product.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The good news is that there's going to be a riveting Netflix documentary about it,

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

Going to honest, I'm more likely to watch that than what they were supposed to make.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Unless the doc's director also runs away with the money, a double bamboozle

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When Netflix acquiesced and wired the money, Rinsch sent most of it directly to his personal Charles Schwab account, and made big bets on biotech firm Gilead Sciences, and on shorting the S&P 500 index. In just a few weeks he’d lost $5.9 million. Cutting his losses, Rinsch pulled $4 million from his Schwab account and put it directly into Dogecoin. Wow, such invest.

Hahaha they gave $millions to a guy from r/wallstreetbets

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He turned the $4m doge into like $17m didn't he?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

I don't know, but that would mean he was luckier, not less stupid.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Perfect. Haha

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago

Are we sure he didn't think he was hired to be the CEO?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So this is where the money for my next season of Inside Job went? Fuck you Netflix 😩

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How the fuck can they just cut the series in the middle of a season? It was a great show.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

At this point if you are watching a Netflix show immediately after it starts airing, thats on you. What more do they need to do to prove they will drop any show the second it fails to meet their viewing requirements.

Basically cant even start watching a Netflix show until it's a season or two in.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago

I don’t think unproven director is the issue here

How does he move it all to a personal account?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They will spend $500k to make a documentary about this, pump it up to hit #1, and at the end of the day net the same results: $55.5 million spent to have the #1 show.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Judging by the story in the article, the doc would be hundred times more interesting than the nonexistent tv show anyway.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those poor shareholders, my heart just breaks for them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It won't even touch them. It will come out of the pockets of lower level employees or future projects.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Netflix really needs to vet their projects better.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

This just means they get to cancel a few of their good shows now. Their favorite thing to do.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

hey netflix give me Millions of dollars and ill make a tv show for you

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

I mean, good for him lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Hey Netflix, I'm available too to make a sci-fi series. I'm an unproven director who can put something together for only like... $50 million. Totally worth your money.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Can they not sue on a case like this?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And get what money? The money’s spent, it’s gone, and the directors not getting another big payday like this ever again. They can spend $10k on lawyers to get the $216 in his checking account.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Article says it's in arbitration so it's not like they aren't doing anything about it. And one can assume they're still paying their lawyers quite a bit during the arbitration. Also the person can be forced to sell off assets to pay for damages.

Also at the end of the article it says he pulled out 27 million he made in doge coin from 4 million he invested of Netflix's money.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They maybe can get him for wirefraud which means jail time. I don't know Im no lawyer though.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The article says it's in arbitration which is basically the same thing, sans an actual court.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Maybe they have insurance over the project and can recover some of the money. The company I work for sell this kind of insurance, but is usually for construction projects.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Oh no!

Anyway...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Rolls-Royces, Crypto, And Dodgy Stock Bets

That's a funny way to spell cocaine and hookers.