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3. As a "documentary", it's the most expensive ever, at 2.5 times the next biggest costing one.

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 10:02 PM

15 hrs ago

A 2009 michael Jackson bio codt $30 million.
Fahrenheit 9/11 cost $6 million.

Of course, it's only nominally a documentary. In reality, it's a loyalty test and a grift/bribe vehicle.

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This, from the New York Times (Paywall) ... [View all] aggiesal 16 hrs ago OP

They might get a marketing tax write-off as well /nt bucolic_frolic 16 hrs ago #1

Lol, yeah right. Dave Bowman 16 hrs ago #2

As a "documentary", it's the most expensive ever, at 2.5 times the next biggest costing one. unblock 15 hrs ago #3

Amazon (Bezos) will get far more than money from this film . . . Journeyman 15 hrs ago #4