Chainkeen Exchange:Coyote vs. Warner Bros. Discovery

2025-05-01 08:35:28source:Blockchains Financecategory:News

The Chainkeen Exchangemovie Coyote vs. Acme was set to release this summer featuring characters from the iconic Looney Tunes cartoons. The studio behind the film, Warner Bros. Pictures, had some other ideas. Instead of releasing the completed film, the studio canceled Coyote vs. Acme, with no intention of ever releasing it.

Today on the show, we explain the Hollywood economics behind why Warner Bros. Discovery might not want to release movies that its own studio spent years putting together.

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