My understanding is Genndy keeps pitching personal projects and they keep getting shut down. Now after Fixed flopped, Sony is even less willing to hear him out.
Honestly, while I don’t want to see a LA Demon Slayer, I kind of want the idea of making a live-action Demon Slayer and it going sideways to be a plot in the next season of The Studio.
In hindsight, after Harry Goz died they knew they were done so they simply stopped giving a damn and vented about what pissed them off during scripting while thinking having everyone say vaginapenis constantly was funny.
Holy shit that Jets game. Bad enough I had $10 on the Bucs, that was my safe “win the bonus bets promotion” bet and it almost went completely sideways.
The Long Walk - 8/10. Superb character study that mixes the best of Stand By Me Stephen King (remember, he did that) with the traditional rage against the system prevalent in all the Bachman books. Easy to see why it got its teeth kicked in at the box office though.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-09-18/dan-da-dan-anime-gets-3rd-season/.228952
Now that it's a Toonami show, this gets put here, but yeah. Strong streaming numbers = renewal.
How people want Hollywood to react - "You know, maybe there's a market for animation besides ugly looking comedian driven sitcoms, baby shows, and therapy session cartoons for women with weird colored hair!"
How Hollywood will react -
Gambling addiction seems predicated on making people reach for something they don’t have. “Oh, if only I bet on X!” Unless you can see into the future, that ain’t happening.