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The plan to quietly kill Coyote v. Acme blew up in David Zaslav’s face

TechnologyApril 26, 20261 min readAttributed summary
The plan to quietly kill Coyote v. Acme blew up in David Zaslav’s face
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Under David Zaslav's leadership, WBD got very into the practice of shelving its own nearly completed projects in order to cash in on subsequent tax write-offs. To help deal with its looming debt and operating costs, the studio killed Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah's live-action Batgirl feature and the Scoob! Holiday Haunt movie from Michael Kurinsky …

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