Paul's new captors are much less patient, and more ruthless, than his former ones, and, after he almost escapes, they cut off one of his ears and mail it to a newspaper, claiming they will continue mutilating the boy until the ransom is paid.
Getty finally agrees to pay, but only if Gail signs over full custody of all of her children to their father, who is in a near-vegetative state due to his drug use.
Following precise instructions from the captors, Gail and Chace leave the money in a remote location and, once it is counted, receive a call to pick up Paul from a construction site.
He could invest it, however, and amassed an enormous collection of paintings, sculptures, and other artifacts, most of which now reside in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
On March 13, 2017, it was reported that Ridley Scott was finalizing plans to direct the David Scarpa-scripted All the Money in the World, a film about the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III.
[8] At the end of July, a week of filming took place at Elveden Hall in Suffolk, with the aristocratic, Grade II-listed stately home doubling as a Moroccan palace in a series of flashback scenes.
The film's premiere at the AFI Fest on November 16 was canceled,[11][12] and its Academy Awards campaign—which was initially to center on Spacey's supporting role—was reworked.
[13] On November 9, it was announced that, although the film was otherwise ready for release, reshoots had been scheduled so Christopher Plummer could replace Spacey in the role of Getty.
[14][15][16] Despite his earlier statements to the contrary, at this point Scott claimed Plummer was his original choice for the role, but studio executives had persuaded him to cast the "bigger name" Spacey.
[23][24] While it was initially reported that the actors filmed the reshoots for free,[25] it was later revealed that Wahlberg had been paid $1.5 million, while Williams received only $80 in per diems.
[26] The New York Times reported that Wahlberg accepted 80 percent less than his usual fee to work on this film, and the $1.5 million he received for the reshoots was in addition to this.
USA Today reported that Wahlberg was able to command the additional fee by refusing to agree to Plummer's casting until he was guaranteed the extra pay, as there was a clause in his contract that gave him approval of his co-stars.
[27] As a result of the backlash brought on by the disparity in the actors' pay, Wahlberg announced he would donate the $1.5 million to the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund in Williams' name.
[32] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a terrifically dexterous and detailed thriller about the Italian mob's 1973 kidnapping for ransom of the grandson of the world's richest man, John Paul Getty [sic].
He also praised Scott for being able to finish the film despite the Spacey controversy, calling it "a testament to the awesome work ethic of its 80-year old but still apparently tireless director".