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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 933853" data-attributes="member: 1246">It was a story reflecting his church&#039;s founder, L. Ron Hubbard&#039;s novel.&nbsp; I wonder if he even took any payment for it.Found this....Travolta, a long-time Scientologist, had sought for many years to make a film of the novel by Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. He was unable to obtain funding from any major studio due to concerns about the film&#039;s script, prospects, and connections with Scientology. The project was eventually taken on by an independent production company, Franchise Pictures, which specialized in rescuing stars&#039; stalled pet projects. Travolta signed on as a co-producer and contributed millions of dollars of his own money to the production, which was largely funded by a German film distribution company. Franchise Pictures was later sued by its investors and was bankrupted after it emerged that it had fraudulently overstated the film&#039;s budget by $31 million.[SUP][4][/SUP]Battlefield Earth was released on May 12, 2000. The film was a major commercial failure and critical flop and has been widely acknowledged as being one of the worst films ever made.[SUP][5][/SUP][SUP][[/SUP]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 933853, member: 1246"] It was a story reflecting his church's founder, L. Ron Hubbard's novel. I wonder if he even took any payment for it. Found this.... Travolta, a long-time Scientologist, had sought for many years to make a film of the novel by Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. He was unable to obtain funding from any major studio due to concerns about the film's script, prospects, and connections with Scientology. The project was eventually taken on by an independent production company, Franchise Pictures, which specialized in rescuing stars' stalled pet projects. Travolta signed on as a co-producer and contributed millions of dollars of his own money to the production, which was largely funded by a German film distribution company. Franchise Pictures was later sued by its investors and was bankrupted after it emerged that it had fraudulently overstated the film's budget by $31 million.[SUP][SIZE=2][4][/SIZE][/SUP] [I]Battlefield Earth[/I] was released on May 12, 2000. The film was a major commercial failure and critical flop and has been widely acknowledged as being one of the worst films ever made.[SUP][SIZE=2][5][/SIZE][/SUP][SUP][SIZE=2][[/SIZE][/SUP] [/QUOTE]

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