Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dancing Ninja


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   redirect to Beverly_Hills_Ninja. Any content worth merging (if any) can be retrieved from the page history. (non-admin closure) Steven Zhang  The clock is ticking....  01:05, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Dancing Ninja

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No evidence that the film has been released or will be released. Not covered in secondary sources BOVINEBOY 2008 19:00, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 20:20, 19 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Redirect to and expand section at Beverly Hills Ninja sequel section to show the history of this halted sequel, as its history it does have a is sourcable. Written as a sequel to Beverly Hills Ninja by THAT film's co-writer Mitch Klebanoff, 30% of the film had been shot in Korea and Los Angeles by the time production was forced to halt. In 2010 Klebanoff sued his Korean investors for their failing to provide adequate funding, a failure which resulted in numerous production shutdowns, the eventual halting of principle filming, and Klebanoff's removal from the project.  Of course, the litigants sued him in turn, with claims of misrepresentation.  The dispute ended up in front of an IFTA arbitrator who eventually decided in Klebanoff's favor on the main claims of his suit, who in July 2011 awarded him "nearly $262,000, which included principal money due, legal costs, and interest.  Klebanoff filed a petition on Monday in state court to confirm the final award, and a hearing is set for Sept. 21 [2011]."  What we have here is a film that began, ran into the worst of production hells, and ceased principle filming  before  being completed.  Per WP:GNG, WP:FUTURE, and WP:EVENT, sourced mentions of this (so-far-failed) project "might" merit inclusion in the Beverly Hills Ninja sequel section (which itself needs correction because a film only 30% shot is NOT in post-production), or in a Mitch Klebanoff article were he to have one.  As a stalled film whose future is uncertain, and per WP:NFF, Dancing Ninja does not merit a seperate article.  And as a film wjose future is in doubt, it fails being one of NFF's few exceptions.  As 30% has been shot, and represents an investment in time and money that production would love to recoupe, it "is" possible that filming "might" resume. If filming does recommence, we can undelete the article and expand it accordingly.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 22:50, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * This sounds like a reasonable way to go. I don't think it is to the point for a stand alone article and it doesn't have the information, sourced or otherwise, to be merged anywhere in my opinion, but a Redirect to the original seems like it would be a good alternative. BOVINEBOY 2008 01:37, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * And in following my own advice, I just corrected, expanded, and sourced the redirect target.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 03:23, 20 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Redirect to the "Sequel" section of Beverly Hills Ninja, where Michael has added a good summary. The failed production is not exactly infamous enough to qualify as stand-alone coverage of film history. Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 18:21, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
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