I don’t have any worries about this. In the few discussions we had with Hasbro, the toning down of some sequences was something that we managed to work out. So I don’t think they’ll be too inclined to shut things down on that forefront.

Honestly, if something like that were to ever happen, I would personally ask them to release what was finished. I mean, in retrospect, we would’ve made the film for free. They would just need to spend money on distributing it. 

But naturally, something like that just won’t happen. That’s extremely wishful thinking. It honestly depends on whether or not they even see the film and like it enough to do that.

My theory for why Equestria Girls was made over something like what we’re doing is because Hasbro attempted to do a theatrical run for the MLP franchise back during the first generation and while it was relatively dark in a lot of places, the film wasn’t a critical or commercial success.

It makes sense that Hasbro would wanna try again but play it a lot more safe despite the immense popularity of FiM. After all, the limited screenings for Equestria Girls seemed targeted towards Bronies since screenings for the movie got a lot of meetups going with meetup groups. But I think its mostly because Hasbro is kind of okay with having the FiM brand be sort of a straight to DVD or TV affair. The success of Equestria Girls, whether you like it or not, kind of showed to Hasbro that there might be an audience for this if they’re willing to put forward the effort.

Sure! I hope you and your friends enjoy it when it comes out! We’ve been putting a lot of hard work into the film. 

We’re almost done! Just a few more characters to go and we’re finished with dialogue recording!