[DoodleBob]

.“The damage to content creators whose projects are cancelled in deep development and post-production cannot be overstated,’ stated the April 7 letter. “Such cancellations stain these projects, making them less appealing and marketable to other buyers —

May I present evidence to the contrary?

The Day the Clown Cried is an unfinished and unreleased 1972 Swedish-French drama film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. The film was met with controversy regarding its premise and content, which features a circus clown who is imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. Lewis repeatedly insisted that The Day the Clown Cried would never be released, but later donated an incomplete copy of the film to the Library of Congress in 2015 under the stipulation that it was not to be screened before June 2024.

Fans and critics alike hope for the film's eventual release.

[Captain Peter Blood]

I believe that film was finished pretty much. Lewis always said he would never release it but he did occasionally show it to a few friends. So he is now dead and if they can now screen it maybe we can see next year what this film really looks like.