The current sources of financing available to Hollywood are essential golden handcuffs for studios and creatives alike; however, there are valid reasons why obtaining capital in this industry can be particularly burdensome. Most financial institutions don’t fully understand the business of Hollywood. The terms of a revolver or borrowing base are set by a group of MDs that have never been practitioners at a studio and have limited optics on how a studio is run and where the industry is heading...

The current sources of financing available to Hollywood are essential golden handcuffs for studios and creatives alike; however, there are valid reasons why obtaining capital in this industry can be particularly burdensome. Most financial institutions don’t fully understand the business of Hollywood. The terms of a revolver or borrowing base are set by a group of MDs that have never been practitioners at a studio and have limited optics on how a studio is run and where the industry is heading...