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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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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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 4 months 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.