he's just not getting paid currently, as far as we know , his relationship is not terminated , but given bad robot probably has a lot of staff, JJ will have to pay them or fire them with his money
Warner Bros. TV has suspended overall deals with more of its A-list, marquee producers, which is believed to include Greg Berlanti, Bill Lawrence, John Wells, Chuck Lorre and Mindy Kaling, as well as J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot shingle.
no one spared
https://deadline.com/2023/09/one-piece-you-are-so-not-invited-to-my-bat-mitzvah-netflix-top-10-ratings-1235534346/
However, 18.5M views is not nearly as strong a start as many of Netflix’s more recent series that have made the all-time most popular list. For example, Wednesday boasted 341.23M hours viewed in its first week back in November 2022 — which would translate to about 43M views. Queen Charlotte drew about 148M hours viewed in its first week, which is about 24M views.
yes if they are losing money, that is what they tell wallstreet , so not funny accounting , the $10 a month model was a catchup price to get netflix numbers for subscribers
they are losing money on expensive original content , there are lots of licensed shows being shown that are paying pennies in residuals , that is more the issue
i truly think if studios agree to 75% of what wga wants in streaming residuals , the strike would be over , the unions gave them free money for a decade+