User blog comment:Mobo85/Walt Disney Studios Cancels "Phineas and Ferb" Feature Film/@comment-5037384-20130817152220/@comment-961279-20130817152911

Exactly. And, each one-hour special is 44 minutes long. 44 minutes x four specials = 196 minutes (almost 3 hours). Most animated movies are about 90 minutes in length. So by losing one expensive and time-consuming movie, we get more with the four specials.