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I wonder whatever happened to that "Transylvania" NBC spinoff to "Van Helsing". I remember NBC ordered it straight-to-series with a twelve episode commitment, and most of the sets were already either being built, or recycled from the movie. After that opening weekend for "Van Helsing", that whole thing immediately vanished.

I would think the horror genre is the best place to test the obvious theory that you just need to monitor spending to fix the industry. Just keep spending down for a couple of years, and you'll yield higher profits. You'll put less of a premium on release dates, give creators more freedom to craft an interesting movie. "Longlegs" should be a teachable moment -- apparently they did ZERO TV advertising for that film.

These execs are just too stuck on the excitement of a $300 million movie that makes a billion dollars worldwide, even if they generate more profit from a couple of "Longlegs" that cost nothing. Purely an ego thing, nothing more.

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