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[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago

This recent tax write-off bullshit needs to stop. How is this a thing only now or have we been missing out on decades of movies that were axed like this?

[–] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

THEY WERE MAKING WHAT? AND THEY WONT FINISH IT?

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

What worries me more is just how many times this has happened, again and again.

[–] nocturne213@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

This time, Warner Bros. Discovery shelved Coyote vs. Acme starring John Cena for a $30 million tax write-off.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

BOOM

You got Zaslav'd.

The film cost them $72 million to make, so this is a $42 million loss. If they actually released the movie they probably would have at least broke even. I have a hard time seeing it not making more than they just wrote off.