The legal battle between Brazilian producer Rodrigo Teixeira (“Call Me By Your Name”) and his former business partner Luiz Mussnich has heated up.An October lawsuit filed by Mussnich and another by his brother-in-law Carlos Randolpho Gros in Brazil, alleged that Teixeira wooed well-to-do Brazilian investors through the years but the bulk of the funds he received, allegedly amounting to some $16 million, were unaccounted for, with no adequate documentation to show where they were spent, thereby accusing him of running...
RT Features
Rodrigo
Teixeira
Founder / Producer
RT Features isn’t resting on its laurels after scoring four Oscar nominations and one win with Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name.” The São Paulo development, financing and production hub is prepping James Gray’s class-themed coming-of-age tale “Armageddon Time,” starring Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Donald Sutherland and Anne Hathaway, which Focus Features acquired for global distribution in July following Gray’s sci-fi hit “Ad Astra.” Upcoming is “Born to Be Murdered” for Netflix, with John David Washington and Alicia Vikander, following Olivier Assayas’ “Wasp Network” on the streamer, with Penélope Cruz and Edgar Ramírez. Teixeira is also launching RT Television with partner Anonymous Content and investor CAA.