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[–] carlytm@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, good, Warner Bros. is erasing more art that people slaved over from existence because its more financially convenient that way.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The only hope is a leak of the final cut to find its way to the pirates. Otherwise it will be deleted from existence.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

I hope someone who worked on it does this. Their work deserves to be seen.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Zaslav is a pox

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So it's obviously a tax scheme then. Rejecting other offers means they never wanted it to be made

[–] ashok36@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

The offers will be used as evidence of the "value" of the write off when they submit the paperwork to the irs. Just like writing off a car, you have to submit the assessed value. What better way to get an assessed value than to shop the movie around with no intention of selling?

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At this point, the executive leadership needs to see the film destroyed purely to save face.

It’s just the kind of petty move I’d expect from WBD’s current leadership.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

Yes. I forget where I heard it recently (some podcast) but by shelving the movie, they're ensuring that it doesn't become a success at some other studio which would make them look foolish for passing on it. This is why many movies will never exist.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago

Selling to Netflix? Psssh. The real money is in is releasing films in cardboard-cased DVDs at truck stops and dollar stores.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

What are the chances it's not actually done & being used as a tax scam?

[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unbelievable that there is incentive to do a tax write off for 10's of millions. When I make investments that don't pan out, I sure as hell don't get paid out.

[–] golli@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

In my opinion a tax write off should automatically make it public domain.