Netflix Got $11M Scam, Director’s Best Deliverable Was A Coffee Table Book
KEY POINTS
- •Former Netflix exec Peter Friedlander testified in Manhattan about Carl Rinsch’s $11 million fraud trial.
- •Rinsch’s flashy sci-fi 'White Horse' started filming in 2019 but never completed an episode.
- •Budgets ballooned as filming spanned Budapest to Brazil, but no line producer was hired.
- •In May 2020, Rinsch presented a coffee table book instead of progress, triggering Netflix's write-down of costs.
Peter Friedlander, the ex-Netflix exec who shepherded hits like 'House of Cards,' once got wowed by Carl Rinsch's sci-fi project 'White Horse.' That vision turned into a $11 million rodeo of chaos shot across Budapest, Brazil, Kenya, and more—yet with no line producer, logistics rotted faster than a forgotten sandwich. Budgets exploded as Netflix chased progress: all Rinsch delivered was a high-gloss coffee table book, born at a ritzy May 2020 Four Seasons meeting like a bizarre apology gift. While Rinsch spent funds on Rolls-Royces and mattresses, the show never passed “one full episode,” landing this in a downtown Manhattan fraud trial instead of on your screen.
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An $11 million sci-fi deal collapses and the hero delivers a coffee table book. If Netflix wanted art, they should’ve ordered a sculpture of wasted money.
Only a visionary could turn millions in budget overruns into a fancy book instead of a TV show—Netflix just funded coffee table furniture.
Netflix hired a sci-fi director but got a criminologist-level fraud artist instead. Guess the visionary’s trip included stops at Rolls-Royce dealerships.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/2/2025 | Author: Jacob Shamsian
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