Netflix has reportedly decided to scrap a movie Halle Berry had already finished filming for one awkward and predictable reason.
Cast your mind back to 2021; we were all still reeling from the pandemic, Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from Kanye West and Donald Trump was impeached for a second time.
Among all of that chaos, Netflix announced a new movie in a preview of upcoming titles, announcing: "Oscar Winner Halle Berry to Star in The Mothership".
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The streaming service described the movie as a sci-fi adventure with Berry in the starring role as Sara Morse, a mom whose husband mysteriously vanished from their rural farm one year earlier.
The movie looked set to be an intriguing one, with Sara only faced with more questions when she discovers an extra-terrestrial object underneath her home.
"Sara and her kids embark on a race to find their husband, father and most importantly - the truth," Netflix said.
Sounds enticing, right?
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Well unfortunately, we might never get to find out what the truth really is.
A report from TheInsneider claimed this week that the film, which was written and directed by Matthew Charman, has been canceled before ever making it to Netflix despite Berry having already completed filming.
The Mothership would have been Charman's directorial feature debut, following his nomination for an Oscar for writing Bridge of Spies.
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Variety confirmed the news of the cancelation, claiming that while the crew had finished the initial shoot the movie had faced a number of delays in post-production.
Since not even the most powerful filmmakers can stop time from marching on, the cast of the film, most noticeably the children involved, continued to age while awaiting the film's release.
According to The InSneider newsletter, it was this inevitable factor that led to the decision to cancel the movie as the child actors had grown up too much to allow for any 'significant' reshoots.
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The decision to cancel The Mothership makes Berry's movie the latest in a string of Hollywood movies that have been canceled after completing filming.
Since 2022, Warner Bros. alone has axed three movies; namely John Cena’s Coyote vs. Acme, the DC film Batgirl and the animated Scoob! Holiday Haunt.
Though The Mothership might not have turned out how Berry hoped, she will continued to work with Netflix on her upcoming action film, The Union, which also stars Mark Wahlberg.
UNILAD has reached out to Netflix for comment.
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Emily Brown