It's all about exercising options. Only when a studio has complete control over a movie does it have little chance of seeing the light of day. I dare say that Moore and some of his friends were investors in the movie. He says on his website that Disney put in $8 million, which I'm sure was a large chunk, but hardly the entire bill for production.

Moore's level of creative control and pull in Hollywood lets him do pretty much what he wants. And wether you want to completely believe Moore or not, if Disney didn't know what the subject of the film was - that's their own bloody fault, not Moore's. The head of Miramax wouldn't agree to the movie without seeing a script. Moore wouldn't try to pull the wool over anyone's eyes - Miramax may not have been Moore's first choice, but I doubt that it would have been his last - Getting $8 mil. wouldn't have been hard for him to scare up in Canada or Europe considering the topic.

OK - I've talked too long.