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Brendan Fraser Says ‘Batgirl’ Cancellation Is an Example of Movies Being ‘Commodified’ in Hollywood: ‘It’s More Valuable to Burn it Down and Get the Insurance’ (variety.com)
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Brendan Fraser says 'Batgirl' being shelved shows that movies are being 'commodified' in Hollywood.

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[–] scops@reddthat.com 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They still had to launch the play to get it to flop and collect the insurance. I feel like that's an important distinction here. We never even got to see if the movie had any redeeming value before WB canned it.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Its because they didn't want to fail at flopping like they did in the producers

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 1 points 3 days ago

It's telling that out of all the DC slop WB was ok with releasing THIS film they were like "no, not this one" so it must have been especially bad.