2.11.De ontwikkelingen in de periode daarna blijkt uit onder meer uit de volgende e-mails van [naam 2] aan [eiser] :
15 oktober 2020
“This meeting was with all Italian producers and the ministry. Apparently all tax credit money has been spent already on films shooting now. No more money left for future films. Bad news for all Italian producers and for us. I understood that new money might be available in December.
Now we have to wait for that. So I have delayed the shoot til January and February with prep in November and December.”
10 november 2020
“I have spoken with the management of [naam acteur] about moving the dates to spring next year and the answer was not to worry, we will make it work.
I have asked for April and May.
(…)
Umbria is now code orange, what means I can leave Umbria and most likely we are heading for a full lock down in Italy again.”
11 november 2020
“The lawyers are finalising the contracts and have set a date for November 30, meaning the cash flow starts December 1st.”
3 december 2020
“Now it seems that we have set the shooting start date on Monday April 12, official pre-production starts March 1st. That is when the cash flow is available, maybe earlier.”
5 juni 2021
“Just so you understand the problem.
I have to deal with the completion bond.
They will ask me about [naam film] [een niet voltooide film uit een eerdere samenwerking tussen [eiser] en [naam 2] , vzr]. Why was it not finished..
Although it was not our fault, they blame us. The 3 terrible producers have done everything they could to put the blame on you and me. (…)
So I am stuck. No completion bond, no money..
It is indeed very sad. I did set up [naam scenario] 3 times and now I am back to zero again. (…)
Maybe it is time for me to retire..”
13 juli 2021
“ [naam scenario] has 2 financiers. One still believes [naam acteur] will sign this week, the other one not. They have now set a deadline for [naam acteur] by Friday this week. If he signs we can move forward, if not we need to find another actor. So deadline is Friday July 16th..”
4 augustus 2021
“1. We will set precise dates for November-December this year for the shoot, so we can also confirm other cast and most important crew.
2. We set a cut off date of the end of August. Or [naam acteur] has signed off Or we will look for another actor.
3. [naam acteur] will call you end of tomorrow.
4. If all goes well we start pre-production September 6.
This way we can set firm dates and will hold on to our financiers (who have confirmed this plan).”
13 augustus 2021
“He is no longer available from November 15 but close to the end of November, so we run into Christmas. (…) now we have to move to next year. So we are second choice.”
24 augustus 2021
“The only problem is [naam acteur] never signed his contract and committed to dates but he is committed to many other films. So we are second choice.”