Mogul David Zaslav and his Warner Bros. Discovery have become notorious over the past several years for shelving completed movies including Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme to avoid paying royalties and taxes.
The cost-cutting strategy has been mimicked by Disney, which removed a $53 million youth-centric sci-fi/fantasy movie Crater from Disney Plus just 48 days after its premiere, among other seemingly anti-creative decisions. Paramount Plus, meanwhile, weaned its movie catalog by 64%, according to one estimate.
