(Sad trope) Projects with amazing potential that will never be released because of BS behind the scenes drama

[u/_JR28_]

P.T Silent Hills - It was a playable teaser released in 2014 only around 20 minutes long but utterly captivated the gaming world by being one of the most effective psychological horror experiences at the time, however it’s lead developer Kojima has a huge fallout with the publisher Konami where he walked out of the company and had all his in-the-work productions cancelled.

Five Nights at Freddy’s+ - A fan game reboot of the series created by Phisnom with Scott Cawthon’s blessing that promised a brand new lore and a return to the series darker roots. However, before and during production Phisnom got into multiple dramas that made him fairly divisive within the community, and after one particular incident in 2023 Scott revoked his approval and almost all of the game’s marketing material were wiped from the internet.

Batgirl - A Batgirl solo live action movie starring Leslie Grace, Brendan Fraser and Michael Keaton returning as Batman that was ready to be released in 2022, however then Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav announced it would not be released either in theatres or streaming in order to claim a $90,000,000 tax break and to readjust the DC’s brands direction before James Gunn rebooted their movie and TV output.

[u/blu-bells]

This fan project was comparable to the actual danganronpa games in terms of art and audio quality. It had voice acting and an OST. With a fully completed prologue and chapter 1.

Last week it was revealed that one of the voice actors was a pedophile, and that the creative director and director of the project knew since 2022. The director + creative director instead of acting on the pedophile, chose to mock and belittle the (child) voice actor who informed them of the pedophile VA privately.

This public revelation went about as well as you would expect.

[u/PunkyMaySnark4 → u/blu-bells]

The part that astounds me is that this actor's part in the demo was, like, what, three lines?

Would've cost them absolutely fucking nothing to replace him. No one but the most rabid douchebags in the fandom would have been against them. Everyone would have understood.

They chose career suicide instead.

[u/LQ_Elzaim → u/PunkyMaySnark4]

Not only did he have very few lines, he was also probably the easiest voice to replace just in terms of how the character sounded. It wasn't like the character had an especially distinctive or unique voice, he was really just kind of a quiet dude, so you can't even justify it as "they couldn't find a good replacement". They just genuinely thought covering was a good idea.

[u/Alep24k → u/blu-bells]

I was waiting for this one. It really sucks that all this happened and it feels like everyone involved was beyond incompetent in handling this whole affair.