Batman's Matt Reeves Bonfire Vanities Show Canceled
Matt Reeves' ambitious serialized adaptation of Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities—developed alongside David E. Kelley for Apple TV—has been shelved. According to Deadline, the project is now being shopped around to other streamers and networks instead of staying with Apple. While The Batman director Reeves has plenty on his plate already, losing a prestige project like this one suggests Apple had cold feet about the scale or concept. It's worth noting this isn't necessarily dead, just looking for a new home.
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Apple's retreat here probably signals they're getting pickier about prestige TV bets after burning through billions on mixed results—and that's bad news for ambitious adaptations that don't have built-in fanbase guarantees.
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"Reeves already has enough going on, honestly. Let someone else take this one."
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