EXCLUSIVE: Bectu, the creative industry union, has called for better pay protections for freelancers after a contemporary adaptation of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey collapsed, owing crew members potentially hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Deadline revealed on Monday that Northanger Abbey, a £7M ($9M) production mounted in the UK by a team of inexperienced U.S. producers, fell apart during advanced prep and has failed to deliver on its promises to pay workers what they are owed. A handful of crew are now pursuing legal action.
Northanger is the third high-profile UK indie film collapse Deadline has reported on
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