Tyrants have ruled over smoldering wastelands for thousands of years and still do in the filthy corners. North Korea is a starving hellhole. Parts of the Middle East are festering wounds. Parts of Africa are gangrenous ulcers. The Eastern Bloc was 31 flavors of human misery for 70 years. Medieval European monarchies were largely muckholes of disease and slaughter. Ancient empires were mostly slave-driven, human-sacrificing war economies.

The risk here seems pretty minimal actually. If the new studio closes or demands too many late nights, you should still be able to go back to the previous studio, now with more variety of experience and probably get more money and more challenging work from them, right?

Hurry up! My friends and family are excited about my big-screen debut!

This IS getting a theatrical release, right? I mean, the budget for my alligator/wolf hybrid transformation effect alone was staggering. I'm eager to recoup that.