I hear that's not an uncommon practice. The one that immediately comes to mind is a super-cheap quickie version of "The Fantastic Four" that was produced in 1994 & never officially released to allow the producer to hold onto the rights to make an big-budget F4 movie at some point in the future:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Four_(unreleased_film) (looks like this link isn't clickable; copy/pasting it into the browser window should get you there.)
I hear that's not an uncommon practice. The one that immediately comes to mind is a super-cheap quickie version of "The Fantastic Four" that was produced in 1994 & never officially released to allow the producer to hold onto the rights to make an big-budget F4 movie at some point in the future:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Four_(unreleased_film) (looks like this link isn't clickable; copy/pasting it into the browser window should get you there.)
- Joe