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Apple spent $120 million on a movie with Oscar buzz — but the film features Will Smith, making it potentially unreleasable.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022

And there are already claims that SeaWorld marks releasable orcas as unreleasable for its own benefit.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2017

Although, Mr. Affleck noted, "he did like the unreleasable Terrence Malick movie I did, where I didn't speak."

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2013

Sitting through a third-rate, unreleasable film is a thoroughly dismal experience, and repeated exposure to lameness requires a sort of grim, monocular focus that means festival-going can become a genuine ordeal.

From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2010

Its first phase, a two-record "concept album," turned out to be unreleasable because it unwisely sounded just like Les Miz and had to be junked at a cost of $500,000.

From Time Magazine Archive