Originally announced back in 2021, Halle Berry had been set to star in an original sci-fi movie for Netflix titled The Mothership, and in fact, the movie finished filming that same year.
So where is it? When can we expect to see it? Well, a new report has come out this week – first from The Insneider, and now from Variety – indicating that Netflix has made the decision to scrap The Mothership completely. In other words, it’s never going to see the light of day.
Variety explains in their report this afternoon, “The movie finished filming in 2021, but it couldn’t be completed after multiple delays in post-production, Variety has confirmed.”
It’s the latest in a concerning trend in Hollywood where major studios and streamers are essentially wiping films off the face of the Earth, in part for tax write-offs. Long story short, if a finished or nearly finished movie or television series isn’t coming together to the studio’s liking, they can choose to trash it rather than spend more money to finish and/or market it.
The Batgirl movie from Warner Bros. was the first notable example of this tactic being employed. Similarly, streamers including Disney+ have been pulling original content off their platforms. The “Willow” TV series from 2022, for example, has already been pulled from Disney+, and without a physical release, the series is currently gone from existence entirely.
It’s one hell of a strange time for the entertainment industry…
The Mothership was written by Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies), who also directed.
“Berry will play a fearless woman whose husband mysteriously vanishes, but when she discovers a strange extraterrestrial object beneath her home, she and her children set out to find him and uncover the truth behind his disappearance — which may involve the CIA.”
Halle Berry was on board as both producer and star of the project.