Similarly I thought it was because they wanted to make it look like they were ready for release alongside detective Pikachu, but since they weren’t actually, needed to do something that could look like them being the good guy listening to fan backlash and putting off the movie for that and definitely not because it wasn’t finished.

Are you referring to the foundation president Mark Surman or the corporation CEO Laura Chambers? She seems to be an interim position holder, so I guess whatcha referring to?