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Posted on 12/31/2025 3:49:43 PM PST by nickcarraway
Even though Rob Reiner directed some of Hollywood's most beloved movies before his gruesome murder, he had only helmed two films since 2017, and pal Bill Maher shared the devastating reason why, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
"The discussions we had in recent years were a lot about him not being able to get funding," Maher, 69, shared on his Club Random podcast about how Reiner couldn't get studios to cough up the money for new projects.
Maher gushed over Reiner's 'charisma' and 'presence' on his podcast.
Reiner's impressive directing resume included such beloved hits as The Princess Bride, Stand by Me, When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men, and The American President.
However, those smashes were released in the 1980s and 1990s, and Maher said the Hollywood icon was one of several in his age group who struggled getting financing for new projects.
"He's not the only director of a certain age who's told me that," the Real Time host told guest John Stamos when discussing Reiner, who was 78 when he and wife Michele were murdered allegedly by their troubled son Nick.
"And I just was saying this town is very ageist and not very nice to people who have done amazing... I mean he's got a pretty iconic resume of movies, but I remember him saying, 'You know if it's not spandex, and, you know, it's very hard for even somebody of his stature to get that funding."
Reiner appeared on Maher's podcast in September to promote his new 'Spinal Tap' film.
While Rob didn't appear to have tried to give his other children, son Jake and daughter Romy, a leg up in Hollywood with their acting careers, he went out of his way for disturbed nepo baby Nick, 32.
The Bronx native directed a screenplay Nick cowrote about his struggles with drug addiction, which included 18 trips to rehab as well as periods of homelessness. Their critically panned film, Being Charlie, was released in 2015.
After that, Rob directed Woody Harrelson in 2016's LBJ and teamed up with him again for the 2017 journalism thriller Shock and Awe.
The All in the Family star's directing resume greatly dried up after that. He directed a documentary about his comedian-actor pal Albert Brooks, which HBO released in 2023. Rob's final directing project was a sequel to his 1984 cult classic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues was released in September.
When he wasn't directing, Reiner turned back to acting work for creativity.
When Rob wasn't getting behind the camera, he was returning to his acting roots. He played Albert Schnurr in four episodes of FX's The Bear Season 4 earlier this year.
Rob also appeared in several episodes of the CBS All Access legal drama The Good Fight in the late 2010s.
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Diversity only applies to race and sexuality crap.
Rob couldn’t get funding because he was too old? Hollywood doesn’t support the old-timers? Ageist??
Tell that to Clint Eastwood....
Reiner’s last few projects were flops so he got discriminated against. Hollywood discriminates against money losers big time
The jerk was worth 270 million. At 78 maybe he could afford to finance his own projects and make bank on his next new blockbuster
Not
Too white male.
clint eastwood never had any trouble funding HIS films, and he was 94 when he directed his last film ...
doesn’t have jackshit to do with a director’s age ...
I mean seriously what was the issue, that Reiner wasn’t commie enough for these freaks
“And I just was saying this town is very ageist and not very nice to people “
Well…the, uh upside (or is it the downside)to that is pretty obvious…
The one area in which Hollywood discriminates that is uncontestable is age. Films are special projects, and they have little value when a major star or director bites the dust in the middle of production. Lots of insurance is written to protect investments in production in case the worst happens. He may have had health issues that made him uninsurable, or perhaps he couldn’t pony up a share like Clint Eastwood, who was able to make movies into his 90s. Dunno. I recall learning about this phenomenon when David Lean directed a film anonymously in his later years because of uninsurability. Hollywood is first a financial business, then an artistic one. Some of that discrimination makes perfect sense.
If I were he, I would have taken some comfort from my nine figure fortune.everyone has to hang it up sooner or later, all the easier if you’re filthy rich
I am gonna go out on a limb and posit that no one wanted to DEAL with Reiner. He was so angry and spiteful and completely consumed with Trump. He was insane. And if he was going to make a movie I’m sure the scripts were just one big “GET TRUMP” tirade that would lose money.
Would Martin Scorcese have trouble getting cash?
The son put a 2nd smile on Rob’s neck.
I WOULD BET THE SAME FOR SAM ELLIOTT & TOM SELLECK
Just because some legends get a movie funded doesn’t mean they don’t discriminate against the vast majority of older directors. I can’t believe that there are people who believe Hollywood are the heroes they make themselves out to be.
I suspect you are right that Reiner was seen as ‘unhinged’ even by Hollywood standards.
Investors like passion but they don’t like crazy.
I heard they just wrapped on filming Spaceballs 2, but I think Mel Brooks had other co-directors for insurance. Looking forward to it.
My thoughts, exactly.
Maybe the money people got sick of his socialist diatribes.
CC
Now the movies are animated comic books, or race-baiting Marxist screeds.
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