It Could Be the Next ‘Stranger Things’: Netflix’s $55 Million Sci-Fi Series Will Never Release

What Actually Happened to ’47 Ronin’ Director Carl Rinsch? Since the commercial filmmaker made the $175 million fantasy-samurai blockbuster starring Keanu Reeves, he hasn’t released another major project. Maybe because “47 Ronin” was a huge flop, the shooting would have been chaotic and no one wanted to work with the filmmaker anymore? Exactly the opposite is the case – Rinsch was courted by studios and his idea for the science fiction series “Conquest” ended up at Netflix.

In the years since the theatrical release of “47 Ronin” (where the news photo above comes from), Rinsch has been busy developing and partially producing the series. Netflix pumped $55 million into the sci-fi epic, which the streaming service hoped could become the next “Stranger Things,” in the spirit of the optimism among content platforms at the time — with spinoffs, sequels and the like . But “Conquest,” a sci-fi series about artificial intelligence, will probably never be released after all these years of work and investment. She reports that in a detailed background article.

“Conquest”: Amazon was surpassed by Netflix

But from the start: In 2018, a bidding war broke out over Carl Rinsch’s idea for a sci-fi series in which a genius develops a humanoid species called organic intelligence — which Amazon initially won. According to the There was already talk of an amount and an informal agreement had been reached.

But then Netflix stepped in at the last minute – and snatched the project from under the nose of streaming competitor Amazon Prime Video. Netflix lured the filmmaker not only with the prospect of a bigger budget, but also with a rare commitment to the final cut. – i.e. the final say in the design of the final product. In addition, Rinsch and his then wife Gabriela Rosés Bentancor were guaranteed to be involved in possible further seasons and spin-offs.

What followed was a bizarre production drama that almost provides enough material to make a movie of its own. As Netflix pumped more and more money into the project over the years until it reached its current level of $55 million, Rinsch is alleged to have exhibited problematic behavior while filming, spreading and sharing conspiracy theories in the wake of Netflix’s COVID-19 money invested in private cryptocurrency. companies and lost.

Drama behind the scenes

She wants all that with verified statements, emails and also documents from the divorce proceedings that have now taken place between Gabriela Rosés Bentancor and Carl Rinsch. From the from the Investigated reports show, among other things, that Rinsch did not sleep on the set for days, suspected his then wife of a murder plot and received an intervention, with the “47 Ronin” star and Rinsch’s friend Keanu Reeves also attending to receive treatment. More details can be found in the report to delete.

Rinsch recorded a lot of material during these years at locations in Brazil, Uruguay and Hungary, among others, and entire episodes of ‘Conquest’ were reportedly made. According to the However, Netflix is ​​said to have never seen any of the material. Netflix and Carl Rinsch are currently in something of an impasse with both parties accusing each other of breach of contract, which will be assessed by an arbitrator in the next step.

“We wrote off the project”

However, it can be assumed that ‘Conquest’ will burn in production hell forever – Netflix is ​​unlikely to see any further chance of publication in any case. The quotes Netflix spokesperson Thomas Cherian: “After much time and effort, it became clear that Mr. Rinsch would never complete the project he had agreed to, and so we wrote off the project.”

Carl Rinsch should make a statement to the declined, explaining on Instagram that he did not want to work with the magazine because he believed the article would be “inaccurate.”