Movies News Talk
It’s not new for studios to shelve Movies - they usually need a big enough financial incentive to make them available for viewers. With the recent drama from Warner Bros., we learned that this kind of movie sheltering may be more frequent than we’d thought. First up: “Coyote vs. ACME", that movie about Wile E. Coyote using the courts against his accomplices (we all know those ACME people are nuts!) to claim compensation for years of mishaps. And just like the character, the movie failed to hit its targets: It got canceled when Warner Bros couldn’t find the right deal for it.
And now, another wild movie: “Fixed”, created by Genndy Tartakovsky who is the mastermind behind the amazing show “Primal”! This film, rated R, is an animated comedy, and what’s so interesting is it's all about a dog’s last day of freedom. It’s already done, but Warner Bros backed out on it. So, "Fixed" might go the way of "Batgirl" – and the world may never know if a dog ever really felt fear about those surgery days.
Warner Bros is doing some weird stuff, especially when you compare their actions to what’s happening on other networks and with other studios. This is the kind of move that really gets you wondering if the entertainment world is just messed up in general! "Fixed" looks to be a fun cartoon, and the creators, along with Warner Bros, had high hopes for it. It was meant to have a great blend of comedy and animated storytelling from Genndy Tartakovsky! The director really had something awesome planned with the plot, but, oh man, that doesn’t mean that Sony won't figure out a deal with a different distributor, and bring "Fixed" to life!
After Warner Bros abandoned the movie, it got shopped around to a bunch of other studios - even some other big networks! The film was really in a good position, but, well, nothing panned out and it feels like that means we may be missing out. Let's just say it was the legal system in action. A legal system that's already been a source of stress in the movie business for a long time! It looks like we won't get this super funny cartoon right now, which means “Fixed" will only become another mystery for fans to wonder about: Was this a great film, or is Warner Bros' intuition getting it wrong again?
Warner Bros has gone through some major changes recently - a new CEO, a change in strategy. And that includes some really strange tactics that nobody really expected! When “Batgirl" got cancelled after filming was finished, fans lost their minds! It wasn't like that movie needed to get a ton of editing and tweaking, it was completely done. I'm guessing these decisions could be attributed to financial strategies or those “tax write-downs" - basically doing a bit of bookkeeping magic to try to save money.
If "Fixed" is actually canceled too, we have to wonder what Warner Bros is planning next. Maybe they have some ideas that are going to be real shockers. But this type of behavior just makes us want to know – what else might be under their secret plans? It also has to make people question - why would they cancel an already completed project when there's not even that much investment left? What are they doing over there in that office?
With “Coyote vs. ACME”, Warner Bros could've gone back to its Looney Tunes roots in a more unique way. Instead of making those Movies, they focused on live-action versions that might have missed what we love so much about these iconic cartoon characters.
With a new boss at Warner Bros, there’s been some restructuring. They’re figuring out the whole streaming service side of things, along with how their movies perform on the big screen. But why shelve some completed projects before they get released? I don’t really know the right answer for this. But it’s worth remembering - with a film like “Fixed”, we could have gotten to see another funny animated comedy! And it’s not too hard to see Warner Bros’ decisions through those money-making tactics - sometimes the entertainment world is more business than art, and maybe these projects just got caught in the middle of it.