Originally Posted by movieguy

They have always paid. A few people in this thread said they were paid recently.
If they wanted to save money, couldn't they just shoot one less $20k scene - as you said - over losing some small affiliate's, $200 payout?

The friction with Lansky is well known in the california production community, but that's a stretch to assume that means fiscal issues which no one knows anything about. But based on simple logic, there are much more effective ways for a company to handle cost overruns, such as reducing the budget on productions, or even laying off staff. Those are far greater expenses than a $200 affiliate cheque.