A California man was charged with fraud after securing millions in funding – and using most of the money on himself, prosecutors say
On paper, Legends looked like a box-office hit. Adam Joiner billed his movie as an anachronistic mash-up of legendary 19th-century American figures, a steampunk Avengers – tailor-made to satiate the ever-expanding appetite for big-ticket, fantasy-action pictures.
With Endgame, the latest Avengers installment, grossing more than $1.2bn in its opening weekend, it isn’t hard to understand how Joiner was able to secure a relatively measly $14m in investment for the project.
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