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The Big Problems Behind the ‘Bikeriders’ Backer

Regency needs hits to elevate its narrative after a bungled succession and a series of flops. A new lawsuit suggests the indie production company may be facing real financial challenges, too.

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Bikeriders might yet help turn the tide for Regency, and for Yariv, who’s flying solo while his father, now 79, is tied up abroad as a witness in Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial. Photo: Kyle Kaplan/Focus Features
Eriq Gardner
June 25, 2024

Plenty could be written about The Bikeriders, the $40 million Austin Butler crime drama that cruised into theaters last weekend and earned a fine-but-not-spectacular $10 million. Cue another round of think pieces pondering the viability of midbudget cinema and next-generation movie stars. Yet, behind the scenes, there’s a much stranger story about New Regency, the film’s main backer, which is in desperate need of a hit.