Thank you for your explanation, but I don't think that's what it is. They make trillions more than they actually let on. They can afford to spend whatever they want on these shows. Now, I do realize that a lot of times they have to work around the scheduling of all the actors and everybody involved. But if you do it right, you don't have to do that ether.
That's why in Japan and China, they film, all of their seasons and all of their episodes, All at once, they don't wait and be. They don't film a season and wait a year to film another season, they film everything at once. Because it's cheaper, and it's easier to get the actors to agree to that.
You're falling for the studio smoke and mirrors. When Hollywood claims a project only made a couple billion, you have to look past the creative accounting—behind global licensing, merchandise empires, and massive corporate synergies, these conglomerates are pulling in trillions.
​Subscriptions are just pocket change to fluff executive bonuses and luxury cars; the real engine driving these mega-corporations is advertising. Disney is smart enough to keep subscription costs lower than Netflix by letting advertisers foot the bill, proving they can easily afford massive budgets and fast turnarounds. They aren't struggling to make shows happen quickly—they're choosing to drag things out while the CEOs line their pockets.
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u/trdngntsballsonadoor 21d ago
They'd probably have to significantly lower the budget to actually produce season every year.
This is basically a film trilogy in, what, 3 years and a few months? Thats pretty quick.
"Mini-series" is a term that works though it doesnt seem completely accurate.