Disney to receive $50 Million insurance payment due to Carrie Fisher dying - Polidicks

[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/12/31/disney-reportedly-receive-41-million-insurance-pay-death-carrie/[/url] [QUOTE]Disney, which owns Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise, took out a £41 million ($50 million) contract protection insurance policy on Carrie Fisher, according to the website Insurance Insider. Following the actress's death, the company is expected to received one of the largest personal accident payouts in history. The policy, which was held with Lloyds of London, would have been created to protect Disney from any losses if Fisher was unable to complete her agreed Star Wars filming, including 2015's The Force Awakens, and two additional movies. While the actress had finished filming for Episode VIII, released next December, her character General Leia Organa (she'll "always be royalty" to millions of fans) was expected to feature in Episode IX, which has not yet begun filming.[/QUOTE] hope Disney does something with that money that involves respecting her memory. at least a part of it.

how was her death a personal accident, she died from a heart attack, not from an accident usually PAI policies dont cover sickness or disease like that i thought

[QUOTE=Svinnik;51608417]how was her death a personal accident, she died from a heart attack, not from an accident usually PAI policies dont cover sickness or disease like that i thought[/QUOTE] didn't she do shitloads of coke?

[QUOTE=X12321;51608435]didn't she do shitloads of coke?[/QUOTE] that would be counted as a preexisting condition i think

[QUOTE=X12321;51608435]didn't she do shitloads of coke?[/QUOTE] She did shitloads of everything, including a cast member. Pretty frank about all of it.

Carrie Fisher is like those wrestlers who do a fuckton of stims in their 20's then just drop past middle age. The damage is done to your heart and eventually one day it gives out. Your body just ain't ticking over anymore. Ironically it's the fuckers who keep going that survive. You can take stims for your entire life and live for fucking ever but in the most horrible, torturous way possible. Look at Ozzy and Keith Richards.

My brother legit thinks that Soda had more to do with her death than the drug history. I have no idea if that's even true or why he thinks that.

[QUOTE=Tudd;51608486]My brother legit thinks that Soda had more to do with her death than the drug history. I have no idea if that's even true or why he thinks that.[/QUOTE] i think he's confused about what a Coke addiction is

The 50 million or at least part of it should go into a charity of the family's choosing. Some of it can also go to CGI research and development. Rogue One was proof that were so close to life like CGI

[QUOTE=Wii60;51608413][url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/12/31/disney-reportedly-receive-41-million-insurance-pay-death-carrie/[/url] hope Disney does something with that money that involves respecting her memory. at least a part of it.[/QUOTE] Why should it? This is an insurance payout not a charity fund. CGI'ing Carrie Fisher to play whatever her major role in IX is is going to cost a fortune. And how would they spend it anyway? A huge statue of her?

[QUOTE=download;51608616]Why should it? This is an insurance payout not a charity fund. CGI'ing Carrie Fisher to play whatever her major role in IX is is going to cost a fortune. And how would they spend it anyway? A huge statue of her?[/QUOTE] because no matter what star wars is gonna be successful and will def make over 50 mil in a single movie. i mean ep 7 took in a billion, rogue one took over 500m, etc. i also said "at least a part of it" as in, not a 50mil dollar statue

[QUOTE=Wii60;51608685]because no matter what star wars is gonna be successful and will def make over 50 mil in a single movie. i mean ep 7 took in a billion, rogue one took over 500m, etc. i also said "at least a part of it" as in, not a 50mil dollar statue[/QUOTE] That's not the point. This is an insurance payout to cover the losses from the death of an actor. They would have payed a lot of money for their insurance.

[QUOTE=DOCTOR LIGHT;51608475]Carrie Fisher is like those wrestlers who do a fuckton of stims in their 20's then just drop past middle age. The damage is done to your heart and eventually one day it gives out. Your body just ain't ticking over anymore. Ironically it's the fuckers who keep going that survive. You can take stims for your entire life and live for fucking ever but in the most horrible, torturous way possible. Look at Ozzy and Keith Richards.[/QUOTE] I legit think Ozzy died in 2007 and kind of just forgot to stop going.

[QUOTE=download;51608616]Why should it? This is an insurance payout not a charity fund. CGI'ing Carrie Fisher to play whatever her major role in IX is is going to cost a fortune.[/QUOTE] They CGI'd Governor / Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One, and he didn't exactly have a small part either. He was in several scenes and frequently patronized Director Krennic.

They'd better use that money wisely. Hopefully they would give at least part of it to her grieving family.

[QUOTE=download;51608616]Why should it? This is an insurance payout not a charity fund. CGI'ing Carrie Fisher to play whatever her major role in IX is is going to cost a fortune. And how would they spend it anyway? A huge statue of her?[/QUOTE] It would still be nice? He only said "hope". Why would you attack his post like this

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;51608874]They CGI'd Governor / Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One, and he didn't exactly have a small part either. He was in several scenes and frequently patronized Director Krennic.[/QUOTE] I didn't even realise that Tarkin was CG until someone told me after the film. There was something obviously... wrong about Leia though.

[QUOTE=redBadger;51608490]The 50 million or at least part of it should go into a charity of the family's choosing. Some of it can also go to CGI research and development. Rogue One was proof that were so close to life like CGI[/QUOTE] Disney has no obligation to do that, if the family wants to use their insurance payout to donate to a charity, that's their deal, but I don't see why Disney would have to

[QUOTE=Svinnik;51608417]how was her death a personal accident, she died from a heart attack, not from an accident usually PAI policies dont cover sickness or disease like that i thought[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]contract protection insurance policy[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]protect Disney from any losses if Fisher was unable to complete her agreed Star Wars filming[/QUOTE] Not a personal accident, but also not a personal accident policy

That's Disney for you, "a celebrity we were using died, give us money" "we're not sad that a beloved actor died, just give us money"

Aren't insurance policys like this pretty common?

[QUOTE=RoboChimp;51609311]That's Disney for you, "a celebrity we were using died, give us money" "we're not sad that a beloved actor died, just give us money"[/QUOTE] Because insuring big-name actors is something nobody ever does, right?

[QUOTE=RoboChimp;51609311]That's Disney for you, "a celebrity we were using died, give us money" "we're not sad that a beloved actor died, just give us money"[/QUOTE] I'm sorry when did Disney say they weren't sad, I must have missed that fringe article

[QUOTE=RoboChimp;51609311]That's Disney for you, "a celebrity we were using died, give us money" "we're not sad that a beloved actor died, just give us money"[/QUOTE] People and companies take out insurance policies on individuals all the time, dude.

[QUOTE=redBadger;51608490]The 50 million or at least part of it should go into a charity of the family's choosing. Some of it can also go to CGI research and development. Rogue One was proof that were so close to life like CGI[/QUOTE] rogue one was unavoidable. i think with two years to fix it up they'll find a way to write her out, possibly with some death-star level of destruction

[QUOTE=RoboChimp;51609311]That's Disney for you, "a celebrity we were using died, give us money" "we're not sad that a beloved actor died, just give us money"[/QUOTE] if you have life insurance you should probably go cancel it now then

I'm not mad at the idea of insurance like this. I just hope someone's death doesn't line the pocket of some suit.

[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;51609543]I'm not mad at the idea of insurance like this. I just hope someone's death doesn't line the pocket of some suit.[/QUOTE] there was a thing with a lot of retail stores where they would take out life insurance on workers without their knowledge or consent and then skimp on safety measures, getting payouts when something happened. made illegal recently i think but it was a thing for 20 some years

[QUOTE=Svinnik;51609599]there was a thing with a lot of retail stores where they would take out life insurance on workers without their knowledge or consent and then skimp on safety measures, getting payouts when something happened. made illegal recently i think but it was a thing for 20 some years[/QUOTE] I'm surprised that didn't cause Lenin to rise from his exhibition as Shin Lenin and stomp capitalism into the dust.

Not a lot of money when you think about it. That's like chump change to Disney.