Robert De Niro has joined the list of major film industry figures who are owed large sums of money by the Weinstein Company, it has been claimed.
According to documents obtained by The Blast, De Niro says he has not been paid $940,000 due to him for his work on Silver Linings Playbook, the 2012 romantic comedy backed by the Weinstein Company, for which De Niro was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar.
The Weinstein Company is in the process of selling its assets to private equity firm Lantern Capital, and recently announced it was dropping the purchase price by $23m, to $287m, to complete the sale.
In addition, a number of performers have registered concern that the contract transfer will render image rights and image approval agreements invalid.