Blood Moon reportedly burned through a massive budget on location in Northern Ireland before HBO executives pulled the plug, worried it was tonally wrong for the Game of Thrones universe. Even with name-cast actors attached and a finished episode in the can, the network chose creative fit over sunk cost. Killing a failed bet — even an expensive one — is often what allows the next attempt to succeed.
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