However, otherfilmexecutiveshave expressedscepticism over the viabilityof "moviefutures", arguing that there are moreeffective, existingwaystolimitrisksin the film business.
Cantor Fitzgerald, meanwhile, expects approval by Tuesday of its own proposal to trade in Domestic Box Office Receipt (DBOR) MovieFutures, which would compete with TrendEx, headed by UBS veteran Robert Swagger.
The characters in 2010's "Hot Tub Time Machine" deliberately fiddle with their own pasts to improve their futures, and the movie leaves many of its strings untied.