Joel Silver

The entire entertainment industry was left in dismay when a 28-year-old production assistant named Carmel Musgrove died in Bora Bora in 2015. Her nude body was found “floating in a lagoon” after an extensive search. The French law enforcement authorities started an investigation and came to a conclusion that she “drowned” while taking a swim in unfavorable weather conditions. The incident took place at Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux's honeymoon celebration in Bora Bora.

Hollywood film producer Joel Silver, whose personal assistant died during a 2015 trip to Bora Bora, should be held secondarily liable for the actions of his chef in allegedly plying the woman with alcohol and drugs before she drowned, her parents’ lead attorney told a judge Wednesday. But Silver’s lawyer,...

Producer Joel Silver paid $1.7 million to the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas to cover Ron Meyer’s gambling debt in July 2014, multiple sources confirmed to Variety. At the time, Meyer was the vice chairman of NBCUniversal and Silver — his close friend — had a distribution deal with the studio. A few months earlier, Silver had received a $4 million advance from NBCUniversal on his cut of the proceeds from “Non-Stop,” an action film starring Liam Neeson.

Producer Joel Silver has officially settled his long-running dispute with Canadian billionaire Daryl Katz, six years after the two went into business together. Silver exited his namesake company, Silver Pictures, in 2019, but the two sides continued to wage a legal battle in arbitration. Katz accused Silver of failing to meet his projections due to his voluminous debts, and Silver accused Katz of reneging on their deal and of making “extortionate threats.”