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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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[โ€“] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months 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.

[โ€“] Jyrdano@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

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