Brendan Fraser is enjoying his post-Oscar success and using his platform to speak out against the entertainment industry. He recently announced that he will reunite with Rachel Weisz in a new movie, The Mummy series.
Fraser’s career revival is a major highlight of 2020s pop culture history. He was poorly treated by the industry but got to reinvent himself and win Best Actor for his role. Now, Fraser has the freedom to do what he wants, and he’s using that power to call out Warner Bros. for shelving one of its films.
Warner Bros. famously deleted an entire movie, Batgirl, rather than release it because they prioritized tax write-offs over the hard work of hundreds of people involved in the film. This decision sparked a trend of swaths of films and TV series disappearing from streaming services, making them inaccessible to most viewers unless they pirated them.
Fraser has been vocal about his criticism of Warner Bros. He told the Associated Press that winning an Oscar gave him a boost, but he still faces challenges in the industry. When asked about Batgirl, Fraser expressed outrage at the decision to delete the film, which had already invested four floors of production and featured Michael Keaton as Batman.
Fraser’s comments highlight the problem with the entertainment industry prioritizing profit over content. The industry views everything from art films to dog food ads as “content” that can be easily disposed of if it doesn’t generate enough revenue. This approach has led to the cultural devaluation of Warner Bros., and its CEO, David Zaslav, stands to make a significant amount of money from the sale of the company.
Fraser has promised to fight for films like Batgirl in the future, stating that he will go to war on behalf of anyone who tries to delete their work.
Source: https://www.pajiba.com/celebrities_are_better_than_you/brendan-fraser-calls-out-warner-bros-for-shelving-batgirl.php