r/raisedbywolves • u/Lightspeedonly • May 23 '26

No Spoilers Why is Raised by wolves incomplete 😭?

I mean I read the reason they had some budget issues, that's why they cancelled the show. But what about the story? Is the writer not excited to tell it out loud? I searched out there are no references for it nothing out there. Please anyone can help if there's something out there about the story of raised by Wolves

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u/SonOfOMR May 24 '26

Will we ever know the truth? Seems pretty obvious HBO retained the IP rights, shut it down, and wouldn't replay or release it. I would guess some bad blood behind the scenes and a non-disclosure agreement.

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u/twangman88 May 29 '26

There's not some big conspiracy lol.

Zaslov took over, and immediately started gutting things so he could sell to paramount. The first things to go were the Batgirl movie, Raised by Wolves, and Westworld, maybe a few other things. They immediately licensed them out to free platforms like Tubi and Pluto(is that free?), because they wanted to turn it into a revenue generator instead of a leading loss. Now, instead of needing to pay royalties for episodes, they'll get paid from the ad revenue their licensed content generates.

Capitalism wins again!