Warner Bros has canceled batgirlthe film that would go directly to the streaming platform —in this case, hbo max— even when it was almost finished and was in the post-production phase. The total investment in the film It was 90 million dollars.
With Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, and Michael Keaton’s Bruce Wayne/Batman making an appearance, the reasons for the film’s cancellation seem to be its terrible quality. Study leaders determined that even doing reshoots (reprovals of scenes to improve the argument) and more economic investment, the film is simply very bad and would not be saved. The report of TheWrap comes from sources within the industry.
That said, the directors of Warner Bros are very satisfied with the performance of directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys for Life) and actress Leslie Grace, planning to work with them in the future.
batgirl It is not the only production that Warner Bros has decided to cancel after a considerable investment. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the animated production Scoob!: Holiday Haunting will not premiere. 40 million dollars had been invested.
Recently, Warner Bros underwent a huge restructuring once AT&T decided to spin off WarnerMedia. Formerly known as Time Warner, it was acquired by the operator in 2018 for $85 billion. The final decision was to join it with Discovery to form the multinational conglomerate called Warner Bros. Discovery, which was formed on April 8, 2022.
The conglomerate consists of Warner Bros., HBO, Cinemax, Magnolia, CNN, Animal Planet, TLC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Discovery Channel, Turner Classic Movies, Food Network, HGTV, OWN, TBS, TNT, Travel Channel, Investigation Discovery and TruTV. Also DC Comics and DC Entertainment.
The new address of Warner Bros Discovery It seems to want to completely transform DC movies, with high-quality content that is presented only in theaters and can finally compete with Marvel Studios. Hard decisions like “throwing away” the 90 million dollars invested in batgirlbut not to release poor quality productions, even if you don’t like it, it’s probably the right decision.
At the moment other productions such as Black Adam, Shazam! fury of the gods, Aquaman 2 Y Flash are saved, with release dates in 2022 and 2023. Perhaps we will see Leslie Grace as Batgirl in some future DC movie. But for now, her movie has been cancelled.