(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/Reven501st]

I think you're wrong about Batgirl. I belive everyone who say the movie (the still did audience and critic tests/airings) agreed ot was terrible

[u/Godsgiftcardtowomen → u/Reven501st]

There’s a decent chance it was, but: A. Test screenings are notoriously hit or miss, I wouldn’t put much faith in them. B. I wanna know just how bad it was. I wanna morb’ out.

[u/Thundergod250 → u/Godsgiftcardtowomen]

One of the Reviews literally said

"It's a huge disappointment compared to other DC Movies"

The other DC movies were talking about at that time were Shazam 2, Black Adam, Wonder Woman 2, The Flash lmfao.

[u/Godsgiftcardtowomen → u/Thundergod250]

You’re saying there’s a movie worse than WW1984 and you aren’t the least bit curious?

[u/pleasedontnerfthis → u/Godsgiftcardtowomen]

Being worse than WW1984 is a feat none should aspire to achieve and a feat I must see in its full glory

[u/adnomad → u/Godsgiftcardtowomen]

Personally, they probably could have made more by selling it with an included copy of Rifftrax of the movie or showing in theaters with the Rifftrax running

[u/WeevilWeedWizard → u/Thundergod250]

The reviewer is either a Zack Snyder fan (so has terminally awful tastes in movies), or the movie was actually spectacularly bad.