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Steven Spielberg says his "gargantuan" abandoned sci-fi movie Robopocalypse was so expensive it "would have ended a whole studio"

Steven Spielberg revealed that his abandoned 2013 sci-fi movie, Robopocalypse, was canceled because its immense budget would have bankrupted the studio. He described the project as "gargantuan" and a "company-ender," stating he was unwilling to take on such a financial risk.