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#301: Feb 10th 2024 at 12:58:49 PM

[up] They only announced they were shopping for other buyers after the public backlash. It's clear that they didn't want to do it to begin with, but feared the rippling consequences if they are perceived to be not trying.

So they did a farce of caring. And the funny thing is... pretending to care is far harder than actually caring. Even back when they first announced it, there were suspicions that WBD was not being sincere since the idea of a Looney Tunes movie not being distributed by Warner Bros is a humiliation even greater than Mickey Mouse becoming public domain (mainly because Wile E. Coyote is not in the public domain yet).

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#302: Feb 10th 2024 at 1:06:53 PM

So what can be done now? Other than hoping the talent forces his hand again?

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#303: Feb 10th 2024 at 1:09:50 PM

[up] As I've said before, bad behavior like this will beget bad behavior until one day, one of them gets caught in a huge scandal that the government cannot ignore.

And that is where the hammer comes crashing down as it did for Weinstein.

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#304: Feb 10th 2024 at 1:11:13 PM

Okay, this is starting to get me worked up so I’m gonna hop off this thread for a while, but if I hear anything, I’ll pop back.

I’m just gonna keep the protest going on Twitter for now.

Edited by BigBadShadow25 on Feb 10th 2024 at 5:36:43 AM

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#306: Feb 10th 2024 at 3:59:43 PM

If anybody has the best chance of getting something done about this, it's James Gunn. I bet he could, like, threaten to put Superman on hold until Zaslav agrees to stop doing this. He's in a major position at the company, he's gotta have some pull over not canning his own movie.

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#307: Feb 10th 2024 at 4:04:34 PM

But isn't David Zaslav over James Gunn?

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#308: Feb 10th 2024 at 4:41:28 PM

Yes. James Gunn may be a rapidly rising star, but as a "mere" director he has far less bargaining power than the freaking CEO. He could threaten to walk, but Joe Average doesn't know who he is (remember, internet nerd fandoms aren't as big as they look) and Superman as an IP sells itself. WBD brass knows this.

That being said... I still hope he does something. Maybe he already is.

If I was one of these obscenely wealthy Hollywood guys I'd just buy the movie and distribute it myself. There are people that have much more than $70M.

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#309: Feb 10th 2024 at 4:55:56 PM

[up] That's assuming they would accept your offer. As I've said before, this doesn't seem to be a matter of needing money. But rather a prideful need to be right.

They will not do anything that would vindicate their critics and make them look like the biggest fools on the newspapers. If the movie proves to be a hit, it would be the end of Zaslav's career just like Michael Eisner's career after his prediction that Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl will be a flop proved to be wrong.

The only thing that would frighten Mr. Zaslav to the core is a congressional investigation into WBD and the subsequent hearings that will follow. Because really, is pride worth going to prison for?

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#310: Feb 10th 2024 at 6:44:44 PM

If the movie eventually gets deleted, our only hope now... is for it to be rebuilt from the ground up. Do it all over again, even if WB will just try to scrap it again.

Edited by aldrinejoseph25 on Feb 10th 2024 at 6:51:11 AM

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#311: Feb 10th 2024 at 6:56:38 PM

Yeah I think the only ways the film sees the light or day are a leak or for Congress to pass a law making movies canned as tax write-offs automatically public domaine.

I guess the third option is that Zaslav is found to have actually broken the law (possibly having never intended the film to release and used the production to steal company money) or have broken his fiduciary duty to shareholders.

Rather than trying to raise money people should be canvassing shareholders (who could get a lot more money from the film then the tax right-off if Zaslav wasn’t blocking the release) and/or their elected representatives.

Edited by Silasw on Feb 10th 2024 at 3:00:01 PM

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#312: Feb 10th 2024 at 6:58:44 PM

I wonder if we can contact Congress in any way regarding this.

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#313: Feb 10th 2024 at 7:01:02 PM

If you live in the US you will be represented by a member of Congress, two Senators and the President, you have the ability to write to all of them asking for them to take action.

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#314: Feb 10th 2024 at 7:02:26 PM

[up][up]I direct your attention again to Mr. Joaquin Castro, the congressman from Texas. He’s has written the FTC and DOJ about Zazlav’s practices.

And yeah, I’m back. I’ve calmed.

Edited by BigBadShadow25 on Feb 10th 2024 at 10:11:06 AM

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#315: Feb 10th 2024 at 7:21:32 PM

Coyote vs. Acme would've probably been safer if it was a fully-animated direct-to-video film just like Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run, King Tweety and Taz: Quest for Burger.

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#316: Feb 10th 2024 at 7:23:18 PM

Or...

we must make our OWN Coyote vs. ACME.

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#317: Feb 10th 2024 at 8:35:18 PM

[up]*6. I've always wished that could become official, after all, if something has been written off, then technically the rights holders cant make money off of it. The only issue would be if there's any licensed music on the soundtrack.

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#318: Feb 11th 2024 at 2:06:18 AM

[up][up] This has genuinely become a big enough scandal that I could see a film or short documentary getting made about the whole mess in a couple years.

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#319: Feb 11th 2024 at 2:19:35 AM

Shoukd we lock this thread? Feels depressing to keep it open like this.

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#320: Feb 11th 2024 at 5:02:01 AM

locking this thread is pointless unless they actually delete it,then we might as well delete the thread!

The someone can remake the thread

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#321: Feb 11th 2024 at 6:09:12 AM

I can't believe anyone would just delete a finished movie. Cancelling a movie in the middle of production is one thing, but this just seems incredibly short-sighted and wasteful.

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#322: Feb 11th 2024 at 6:12:32 AM

its basically a massive middle finger to everyone involved

Edited by Ultimatum on Feb 11th 2024 at 2:13:36 PM

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#323: Feb 11th 2024 at 6:54:15 AM

Why WB hasn't already been engulfed by lawsuits from people involved with these films is a mystery to me.

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#324: Feb 11th 2024 at 7:04:44 AM

Because no one wants to be blacklisted from the industry.

Because they do not have a legal case, only a moral one.

Some mixture of the two.

Edited by Grounder on Feb 11th 2024 at 7:05:18 AM

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#325: Feb 11th 2024 at 7:06:54 AM

But like others said, it's only a matter of time before it can be uncovered that the shelving is illegal and such.

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