Started by Daszkowski, Sep 17, 2017, 10:46:53 PM
Quote from: SiL on Nov 12, 2017, 04:29:21 AMI explained that it was an example of the types of clauses that frequently get put into contracts that use creative accounting.
QuoteThe illegal part was deceiving and not paying back investors, but the loophole they exploited can be used in legitimate circumstances of underperforming films.
Quote from: SM on Nov 13, 2017, 12:42:23 AMNext in Law & Order : Hollywood Forensic Accounting Unit - Dr Miller vs. The Brothers Warner.
Quote from: monkeylove on Nov 13, 2017, 02:02:34 AMAlso, creative accounting involves using loopholes to avoid taxation, etc., or to attract investors.
QuoteIf investors perform due diligence, then they should be able to see those loopholes. What you're assuming is that investors in general don't do such.
Quote from: SiL on Nov 13, 2017, 08:00:17 AMAnd avoid repaying investors.
QuoteI'm not assuming anything. It's a thing that happens. Not every minute of every day for every film ever made, but still, it happens.
Quote from: Alionic on Nov 13, 2017, 05:08:18 AMQuote from: SM on Nov 13, 2017, 12:42:23 AMNext in Law & Order : Hollywood Forensic Accounting Unit - Dr Miller vs. The Brothers Warner.Say goodbye to any Fury Road sequels lol
Quote from: SiL on Nov 14, 2017, 06:20:05 AMThey want filmmakers to make films for them, too; it doesn't stop them f**king them over with regularity.
Quote from: Ridley ScottI've already started recce [British military slang for reconnaissance] on another film. I'd like to do three a year, but we're going to start the next one in February. I'm not sure if we're keeping the title because the book is so important, but I'm doing [an adaptation] of The Cartel.
Quote from: grootsuit on Nov 29, 2017, 05:22:21 PMi think we can expect a similar time frame that we had between prometheus and a:c, so five years or so in the future