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The Witcher show had people attached who were invested in following the source material. This included its star, Henry Cavill. Instead of following the source material, they decided to go their own way and cut ties with Cavill. Viewers abandoned the show.
This Amazon adaptation of God of War has echoes of the same problem — “Screw the source material, we know better!” It also just recently lost one of its leads.
https://deadline.com/2026/07/god-of-war-recast-kratos-role-ryan-hurst-injured-on-set-1236984409/
The Halo adaptation on Paramount had similar problems abandoning its source material, and was also canceled.