"movie jail" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2010, Alison Macor, Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids: Thirty Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas., University of Texas Press",
          "text": "\"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.\"",
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          "text": "2016, June 10, \"10 Actors Who Got Sent to Movie Jail\", Screenrant."
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          "text": "2019, April 15, Gabe Worgaftik, AV Club.\n\"Movie jail is real. He's been there. He was excommunicated at Fox for a decade after turning down Speed 2 to go play Hamlet onstage in fucking Winnipeg.\""
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        "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."
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        "(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."
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        "broadcasting",
        "film",
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          "text": "2016, June 10, \"10 Actors Who Got Sent to Movie Jail\", Screenrant."
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        "(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."
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