Amazon reportedly wasted $40 million on a Robert De Niro show it killed after the Harvey Weinstein scandal

The Business Insider reports:

Amazon announced Friday that it had scrapped a reported $160 million series starring Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore, in light of the sexual harassment and assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein, who was a producer on the untitled series.

And according to a new Hollywood Reporter article on the downfall of Amazon Studios boss Roy Price — who picked up the expensive, David O. Russell-directed series — the streaming service already wasted $40 million in pre-production costs for the show.

Amazon killed the show one day after putting Price on an extended leave of absence, following the sexual harassment allegations made against him by Isa Hackett, the executive producer of Amazon's "The Man in the High Castle." (Price resigned from his job on Tuesday.)

Robert De Niro still has his deal to work with Bryan Singer.