The self-financed $2 million feature debut from Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez has been quietly scrapped after suffering a host of problems during filming.
The 54-year-old former TV host began working on the project, called The Golden Door, back in 2022, and even recruited her partner’s teenage daughter for a cameo in the psychological thriller.
But any film fans clamoring to get a glimpse of Bezos’s infamously private daughter, who he shares with ex MacKenzie Scott and whose name has never been revealed to the public, will be sorely disappointed.
It now appears that the project has been permanently shelved, as it hasn’t been picked up by a single network or streamer, and even Bezos’ own Amazon Prime hasn’t added the film to its roster.
The self-financed $2 million feature debut from Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez has been quietly scrapped.
Sánchez is a former journalist who now owns her own aerial filming company, Black Ops Aviation, and the film was produced by her own company, Adventure & Fellowship.
But not long after the project began, it was hit by several controversies amid reports of “chaos” on set and a slew of staff departures.
The director of photography left a week after the 20 days of filming and in the third week the assistant director also left. Then, in November 2022, its director Kellie Madison also left after having delivered a ‘final cut’, which is understood to have left some dissatisfied.
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Sánchez.
A report on the entertainment news website. Disk suggested that Sanchez was a “rare and, to some, unwelcome, presence on set,” alleging that she made several diva-style demands, including “asking if she could land her private helicopter on set while the cast and crew were preoccupied.” by basic security protocols.’
“Suffice to say, Sanchez didn’t make many friends by keeping a relatively luxurious caravan while others were sweltering,” Puck said.
She was also labeled “inexperienced,” but sources known to the star responded to the criticism.
They responded that she had lent her jewelry to the actors, offered them the use of her helicopter to film aerial shots, and had, in fact, shared her spacious trailer with the film’s other producers.
“Lauren has worked with Christopher Nolan and Catherine Hardwicke, she’s not inexperienced,” a source said. Page six in March 2023.
The film was shot in Topanga, California, during a 20-day shoot in the summer of 2022.
Inside sources said Sánchez asked to land his helicopter on the set and enjoyed a “luxurious trailer.”
The Puck Report also called her “inexperienced,” but sources known to the star responded to the criticism. She appears in the photo with her friend Kris Jenner.
‘Of course, Lauren was going to ask to use her helicopter to film aerial shots. She was involved; She even brought her own jewelry for the actors to wear in the film.
‘As for the luxurious trailer, it was a 30-foot Star Waggon, a one-room trailer that I shared with all the producers.
‘It’s just sexist; Lauren has been producing for a long time, but not in feature films. She’s a Latina woman who financed a film starring all women, which is no small feat.’
Sources admitted, however, that the shoot had involved “more drama than she was used to” and admitted that it was unclear whether this could truly be her first and last venture into the movie business.
“It’s a two million dollar budget movie and there were a lot of newbies on set, new producers and semi-new directors. There was definitely more drama on set than Lauren is used to,” they said.
The film was shot in Topanga, California, during a 20-day shoot in the summer of 2022, and starred Chris Rock’s ex-girlfriend Megalyn Echikunwoke and Daniella Kertesz, famous for her role in World War Z.
A production insider also told Page Six that the director and photographer was forced to leave in the first week of production because he “wasn’t feeling the director’s creative vibe.”
Puck reported that Sanchez kept a “relatively luxurious trailer,” but one of his defenders said that “it was a 30-foot Star Waggon, a one-room trailer that he shared with all the producers.”
The film was shot in Topanga, California, during a 20-day shoot in the summer of 2022, and starred Chris Rock’s ex-girlfriend Megalyn Echikunwoke. The former couple appears in the photo in 2019.
In November 2022, director Kellie Madison (pictured in 2009) abandoned the project, having delivered a ‘final cut’, which is understood to have left some dissatisfied.
Sánchez recruited his partner’s teenage daughter for a cameo in the psychological thriller. Bezos appears with her family at the Star Trek premiere in July 2016.
In the third week the vice principal also left and both were replaced.
Meanwhile, director Madison was said to have left the project after delivering her final cut in November.
Sanchez, who was once a news anchor, has her own successful aerial filming company, Black Ops Aviation.
The film was produced by his own company, Adventure & Fellowship.
Bezos, 59, shares three children with his ex-wife Scott, while they adopted their daughter from China.
They have managed to keep their lives largely private, and the young woman’s name is still unknown.
The Amazon CEO announced his separation from Scott in April 2019 after 25 years of marriage.
In the deal, Scott became the world’s richest woman after receiving a four percent stake in Amazon worth $35.8 billion.
At the time, Bezos shared a statement calling MacKenzie an “extraordinary partner, ally, and mother.”
But he was soon rocked by accusations that he had enjoyed an eight-month affair with Sanchez, who was then married to his talent manager Patrick Whitesell.
The National Enquirer magazine had spent eight months investigating the affair, with reporters following them “across five states and 40,000 miles as they enjoyed private jets, sleek limousines, helicopter rides, romantic walks, five-star hotel hideaways and intimate dinners.” “.
It was alleged at the time that Bezos only announced his divorce after being informed about the publication of the Enquirer story.
Scott has since married and divorced again chemistry teacher Dan Jewett, who worked at her children’s school.
The two married in March 2021, two years after Bezos’ affair was revealed.
Scott filed for divorce from Jewett in September 2022.