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Disney ditching a blockbuster prequel series raises questions over its hotly-anticipated reboot starring the exact same character

The great content purge has created a very curious conundrum indeed.

Not content with Disney has now decided that its latest cost-cutting drive should be to swing the axe at TV shows that have already finished shooting.

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Hot on the heels of the Mouse House given its marching orders, leaving yet another expensive episodic endeavor in a sticky situation should nobody else step in to acquire the distribution rights.

via 20th Century Fox

What makes the Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas origin story’s fate even more curious is that Disney is also in the midst of developing the reboot of an ill-fated blockbuster that just so happens to feature Captain Nemo in a major role, and this is one of those rare do-overs that fans of the source material are genuinely excited for.

Alan Moore’s ended up killing the careers of both the legendary Sean Connery and Blade director Stephen Norrington.

the company does control the rights to the property thanks to its status as a 20th Century Fox title.


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