In 2018, Netflix hired Rinsch to produce a 12-episode series called Conquest and spent $55 million on the project, but it fell apart after production milestones were missed and no episodes were completed.
[1] Rinsch's short film The Gift received a positive response and won awards at the 2010 Cannes Lions international advertising festival.
The acclaim from this led to him being the planned director for a prequel to Alien and a remake of Logan's Run, although both projects would move on to other hands.
During the streaming boom of 2015–2019, there was an intense race for content, and both Amazon Prime Video and Netflix expressed interest in picking up the project.
[1][9] According to a 2023 The New York Times investigation by journalist John Carreyrou, the production of Conquest was troubled and Rinsch's behavior became erratic.
[1] A film union in Brazil complained about Rinsch's behavior on set, specifically his yelling and cursings at members of the crew.
[1] The situation on set worsened to the degree where an "intervention" was held by Rosés, Rinsch's brother, his wife, and members of the crew of Conquest, urging him to go into rehab.