A major US television series with $10m in Australian government incentive funding has been hobbled by content platform and production behemoth Netflix, with only half of the series finished shooting.
The Guardian has sought comment from Netflix and the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance on the issue of severance pay for the production’s Australian crew.
“Under standard practice of the location incentive funding, final payment is only made once final Australian expenditure is incurred on the production.”
On Tuesday, a spokesperson for Australia’s communications and arts minister, Paul Fletcher, said no funding had yet been paid to Netflix for God’s Favorite Idiot.