If you have a passing interest in film and animation, you’ve likely heard of Coyote Vs. Acme, a feature film in the Roger Rabbit tradition of blending 2D animation with live action focusing on characters from Warner Brothers’ Roadrunner cartoons. The film would have focused on Wile E. Coyote suing the ubiquitous Acme corporation after decades of selling him faulty products, and by all accounts appeared to be a passion project from everyone involved. The movie was, in fact, complete and ready for release- only for Warner Brothers to kill it at the last possible second in the name of a multi-million dollar tax writeoff.
I know the Matrix 4 did this. What are the others?
Space Jam 2 did it pretty blatantly. The antagonist of the movie is a WB algorithm that gained sentience.
Teen Titans go to the Movies made WB studio the vehicle for the villain’s world domination plan.
Gremlins 2 was one of the first to do it. It’s the main reason that movie went so far off the rails.
Gremlins 2 went off the rails… and it was glorious.