Finished, shelved by Warner Bros., kept alive by public backlash, then bought by another distributor and given a date. Vindication for the fans, or a warning about how studios treat completed films?
The film was written off rather than released, a practice that drew unusual public attention because the film already existed. It was later acquired by Ketchup Entertainment, reported at around fifty million dollars, and given a cinema release. The argument now runs on two tracks: whether the film itself is any good, and what the episode says about shelving finished work as a tax measure.
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