English Dictionary

movie jail

名詞

くだけた表現 不可算名詞

(film, informal) A state of career derailment or limited opportunities to which a film industry professional is seemingly relegated, usually as a result of making an unsuccessful film.

日本語の意味

映画業界のプロが、失敗作などの結果として、キャリアが停滞し、将来的な活躍の機会が極めて限定される状態を指す俗語。

After his last box-office disaster, the once-promising director felt trapped in movie jail, receiving only low-budget scripts and cameo roles.

最後の興行的失敗の後、有望だったその監督は映画業界でキャリアが停滞し、低予算の脚本やカメオ出演しか回ってこなくなった。

意味（1）

(film, informal) A state of career derailment or limited opportunities to which a film industry professional is seemingly relegated, usually as a result of making an unsuccessful film.

They have this term in Hollywood, movie jail. When a director does this horrible movie that fails, he's in movie jail, where they're not letting him make another movie again.