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invested in the project, and Rinsch and Rosés began creating episodes; when they ran out of funding, actor Keanu Reeves stepped in as a co-producer and fronted enough money for the pair to finish six short (4–10 minutes) episodes. Rinsch and Rosés used the episodes to pitch a full season. During the
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was troubled and Rinsch's behavior became erratic. A film union in Brazil complained about Rinsch's behavior on set, specifically his yelling and cursings at members of the crew. He also began taking
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and his stock market losses, Rinsch recovered somewhat financially. He used the money remaining that
Netflix had sent his production company to invest millions in the cryptocurrency
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received a positive response and won awards at the 2010 Cannes Lions international advertising festival. The acclaim from this led to him being the planned director for a prequel to
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expressed interest in picking up the project. Netflix landed it, agreeing to provide $ 61.2 million in several installments to produce the series, which was renamed
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The situation on set worsened to the degree where an "intervention" was held by Rosés, Rinsch's brother, his wife, and members of the crew of
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sent texts to her saying he had the power to predict lightning strikes and volcanic eruptions. In March 2021, Netflix cut off funding for
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article because he predicted that the article would "discuss the fact that I somehow lost my mind ... (Spoiler alert) ... I did not."
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