Yeah. I was thinking maybe execs got spooked because the movie didn't make a return on its massive budget but (1) it costs virtually nothing to put the album on

Yeah. I was thinking maybe execs got spooked because the movie didn't make a return on its massive budget but (1) it costs virtually nothing to put the album on Spotify, iTunes etc right? and (2) as you said, the last minute cancellation is just strange because everything should have been worked out already. An interesting data point is that there was supposed to be an official 'novelization' of the movie that is now in limbo as well. If Hollywood really gets cold feet so easily I hope our campaign can help them change their minds. The movie made $160m worldwide, so there are definitely fans out there--these artefacts don't need to get cancelled. There's also a 'The Art of Ghost in the Shell' book that already came out, so at least that's safe.