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    More finished films get sent to the scrapyard.

    This time, it’s not HBO Max doing the disposal. Netflix dropped the fully-finished Inheritance and House/Wife movies, which The Hollywood Reporter says filmmakers will have to shop elsewhere.

    Netflix Offloads Two Completed Films, Filmmakers Shop Projects Elsewhere

    [The Hollywood Reporter]

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    Emma Roth
    Ouch.

    Here’s what Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichiro Watanabe had to say about Netflix’s live-action adaption in an interview with Forbes (spoiler alert: he isn’t a fan):

    For the new Netflix live-action adaptation, they sent me a video to review and check. It started with a scene in a casino, which made it very tough for me to continue. I stopped there and so only saw that opening scene. It was clearly not Cowboy Bebop.

    Shinichiro Watanabe On Making ‘Cowboy Bebop’ And What He Thinks Of The Live-Action Adaptation

    [Forbes]

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