It is ALWAYS about money. ALWAYS. EVERYTHING else is a distant second.
@sneakypeteNo. Not really. I understand your point. I get what you are saying. But Hollywood is agenda driven, more than money driven. The want Polanski because he fits the agenda. If Polanski was a Right-wing Christian, Hollywood would be calling for his execution, no matter how wealthy he is. The Koch brothers apparently have about 50 Billion in net worth, and Hollywood views them as the worst people on the face of the Earth. Only because they do not support the agenda.
Nobody in Hollywood would touch Passion of the Christ which made well over half a Billion dollars. And Mel Gibson became a pariah on the Left coast. Not because they thought it was a bad movie. And certainly not because of violence and gore, Hollywood lives on that. It didn't fit the agenda.
Since the election of Trump, there has been a discernible rise in patriotism in America. A patriotic movie would very likely make a lot of money. However, there are no pro-America, pro-military, movies coming out of Hollywood, and won't be any for the foreseeable future. It doesn't fit their agenda.
Even Disney, which at one time was God, Flag, and Country, is now into sexualizing children, ridiculing and disparaging Christmas, gay agenda, and full blown Leftism. Like most of Hollywood, they are calculating that even if they lose market share with our generation, the next generation will be 'normalized' to it and will accept it without question.
I get the power/money angle, but Hollywood is very agenda driven. They will turn down potentially 'blockbuster' movies if they feel the movie is not promoting 'Hollywood values' and the Leftist agenda.
The Leftist agenda is their power. If the Right in America was ever powerful enough to put Hollywood in check, they would be finished, and they know that. Hollywood is not pushing the Leftist agenda for Leftism. They are pushing the Leftist agenda for themselves and their own power.