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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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[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago

Ok batgirl isn’t some sort of high art.. it is a movie version of a Big Mac. It only exists to make money.

So someone crunched the numbers and realized they can make the same money by dumping it.