If you have a passing interest in film and animation, you’ve likely heard of Coyote Vs. Acme, a feature film in the Roger Rabbit tradition of blending 2D animation with live action focusing on characters from Warner Brothers’ Roadrunner cartoons. The film would have focused on Wile E. Coyote suing the ubiquitous Acme corporation after decades of selling him faulty products, and by all accounts appeared to be a passion project from everyone involved. The movie was, in fact, complete and ready for release- only for Warner Brothers to kill it at the last possible second in the name of a multi-million dollar tax writeoff.
This happens a lot. AMC shot a show that my daughter was in. They completed filming the entire show and 3 months before the release they mothballed it for the tax write-off.
They also remove the responsibility of paying residuals.
Either way at it, they fuck the public twice.
Isn’t business great!