Times sure are tough being a DC fan.
Whilst Marvel are out here announcing their big movies for the MCU we have Warner Brothers
constantly p***ing on us, telling us it's rain and then whilst we're busy drying our
clothes they're f**king our mothers.
Marvel will give you X-men for Christmas whilst DC will tell you Santa's not really and then
kill your do...I can't say that.
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After a disappointing San Diego Comic-Con a little glimmer of hope shone through when
we discovered that Ben Affleck was returning to shoot some additional scenes for Aquaman
2.
After months of PR disasters with Ezra Miller it seemed like the merger may have changed
some things at the studio.
However, yesterday showed us that Warner Bros always gonna Warner Bros and we now know that
Batgirl has been cancelled indefinitely.
The movie was set to take place after the events of the Flash and it would see Michael
Keaton return as Bruce Wayne with him taking on a new protege in Barbara Gordon.
Leslie Grace seemed super enthusiastic over the role and it seemed like young girls would
have a new icon that they could look up to.
Sorry though kids, you're stuck idolising Ezra Miller as the project is now shelved
with the company flushing 90 million down the drain.
Could've used it to feed the homeless but nope, as we say, Warner Bros always gonna
Warner Bros.
Now this story was first broken by the New York post who said that the film was irredeemable.
They're not exactly the best news outlet and thus when the story dropped it was quickly
dismissed.
However the Wrap followed up on it and when Variety weighed in it we had enough Variety
to know that it was true.
Now this is an unprecedented move with the movie actually almost completely finished.
However it's found itself to be a victim of the Discovery Merger with the company stating
that they want big blockbusters going forward.
Batgirl was created to show that HBO Max could have theatrical level events debuting on it
but Discovery have gone with a focus back to theatres and they apparently don't think
that this is good enough to release in cineams.
They wanted to push back towards a theatrical experience and never had the confidence that
Batgirl could hit it at that level.
Because of this we now live in a society where Morbius was released twice in theatres but
Batgirl can't even get dumped on HBO Max.
The wrap features a paragraph discussing the move and they said the following:
The leaders of the studio determined ultimately, in spite of reshoots and increased budget,
that the movie simply did not work, according to insiders.
The new owners and management, led by CEO David Zaslav, are committed to making DC titles
big theatrical event films, and “Batgirl” isn’t that.
Insiders added that studio brass loves the film’s directors and star, and are actively
planning to work with them soon.
Now this completely boggles my mind as it was purposely shot to be dropped on the streaming
platform.
It was later changed to get a theatrical release but the studio then dropped their comments
about it not being a big event film.
However, rather than releasing it at all they've went with just hiding it under the mattress
like your 90s loaded Mags with Jordan on the cover.
I also can't see the stars or directors wanting to work with the studio again and I actually
think that this might put off future directors.
There was a lot of controversy with Christopher Nolan stepping away from Warner Bros when
they started releasing their films on HBO Max and this is way way way worse than that.
Films are extremely time consuming with most of them taking at least two years to plan,
film and release.
Knowing all that time could be wasted will likely make directors and creatives cautious
which I think will backfire on Warner Brothers in the long run.
If a property like Batgirl that stars Michael Keaton as Batman can get shelved then it shows
they're taking no prisoners and will waste time and money if they don't see a movie as
being worth it.
Now with it being complete and HBO Max being an available avenue, I just don't understand
why Warner Brothers have decided that it shouldn't come out at all.
I'm not sure what the logistics are of just putting something on a streaming service but
with almost one hundred million being spent on it you'd think they'd at least just put
it on there which likely costs them very little.
Now it's also currently being reported that this could end up being used as a tax write
down which basically means that Warner Bros will claim it as a loss.
In doing this it also means that they will never be able to release it in a monetisable
way because they've already claimed it against tax purposes.
So you can't really be like, well this is a write off but we also are gonna make money
now hence why it can't come out.
This is also being mirrored in Scoob Holiday Haunt which now won't come out either.
Producer and Writer Tony Cervone came out and said that the movie was practically finished
and that he's completely heartbroken about it.
I think we're gonna have to start some new hashtags and I'm surprised that they aren't
releasing Batgirl even as a multiverse movie.
The plan before the discovery merger was to have multiple timelines existing so that we
could get Robert Pattinsons Batman, Joaquin Pheonixes Joker and also the main Dark Knight
in the DCEU.
However when they're cutting movies like this off it seems like that won't be happening.
I think it speaks to greater problems at Warner Brothers in that they are constantly flip
flopping and changing their minds.
Now though this is a new company that has taken ownership and they are wiping the slate
clean, it still doesnt fill me with confidence that they know exactly what they're doing.
This comes off the back of them also cancelling a wonder twins movie and it seems like they
might go back to the old model where we only get films from the big characters like your
Batmans and Supermans.
Marvel have shown that you can make minor ones a success and I think that Discovery
seem to be getting the divorce before youve even got married.
90 million dollars is a lot to throw away and I was really excited to see what they
were gonna do with the movie, especially with Keaton coming back.
As we've seen from Zack Snyder's Justice League the movie was almost completed but when Zack
left they ended up reshooting 75% of it, throwing more money down the drain.
They then released the Snyder Cut after spending an extra 70 million when they probably could've
just salvaged what Zack had created, had a second unit director do pick ups and then
release that.
Warner Brothers still don't seem like they have a concrete plan in place and when you
compare them to Marvel it becomes abundantly clear how badly they've mishandled things.
Man Of Steel was released in 2013, almost 10 years ago and it still hasn't had a sequel.
On the Marvel side of things when we were 9 years deep we saw the release of Thor Ragnarok,
completing his trilogy.
They'd also done Iron Mans and Caps trilogy too and its just a shining example of mismanagement
across the board.
Now this also doesn't fill me with a lot of confidence that the Blue Beetle movie will
get released either.
That movie has nor finished filming but if Batgirl can get canned then he can too.
Now there is a lot of celebrating amongst the Snyder community that this shows the universe
will be restored.
I think that's the direction that Warner Brothers should go in all honesty but I think that
both these kinds of films can co-exist because of the multiverse strategy that they were
going with.
They seem to be dead against that though and I think we'll also see Static Shock get dropped
too.
They seem to just want to focus on the big names and to have them established before
creating a bigger universe.
Now whenever stuff like this happens you're obviously gonna have people looking at what
else they're comitted to releasing and once more Ezra Miller is trending on Twitter.
Due to all the controversy surrounding them there were calls to scrap The Flash.
However, insiders reported that the studio weren't willing to lose 200 million dollars
and that they were still going ahead with it.
However if you can lose 90 million on a non problematic production then I think 200 million
on one with such controversy surrounding it cant really be excused.
In general the optics surrounding the company look really bad.
We have Ray Fisher who is now no longer part of The Flash because he spoke up about racism
in the company.
You also have a POC actress that's had her entire movie shelved and whilst all this is
going on Ezra is treating Hawaii like Grand Theft Auto.
We also have Amber Heard coming fresh off the back of her defamation lawsuit loss and
as of now her scenes are still in Aquaman 2.
Johnny Depp was of course fired from Fantastic Beasts and yeah, just a mess of them consistently
backing the wrong horse.
It's led to a PR nightmare and I really do think that we have to question what's going
on with the studio.
According to Variety, the studio are still deciding what to do with the film but I think
their silence speaks volumes.
Ezra like this right now watching other movies get thrown in the trash whilst The Flash goes
full steam ahead.
I know Miller still has supporters but I think the overall backlash to the movie is gonna
be so big that they're gonna wanna rethink whether it's worth putting out.
To me Batgirl deserved a chance at least and with it being almost complete they could've
released it, seen what the feedback was and then have pivoted if it was negative.
Now whenever something like this happens youre of course gonna have people who see it as
a good thing and I have seen comments saying that this shows Discovery are taking things
seriously.
If they're willing to do this it shows they have a certain standard that the movies have
to hit and that overall it might be better in the long run.
I think I stand with the majority though when I say that i'm pretty shocked by this and
out of all the movies I was expecting to get canned, this definitely wasn't one of them.
If Flash does get shelved then we might even see Keaton completely step away from being
Batman and who knows, Affleck could come back fully.
Thats the only real silver lining I can find in this but still I would've loved to have
Keaton back.
This comes days after Michael Keaton stated that he doesn't even watch Marvel or DC movies.
So if the flash does get shelved too then he'll have been in two comic book movies that
got canned and he'll never even know it because he doesn't watch them anyway.
Still though we'll always have Morbius and for now I wanna put it to you.
What do you think of this news.
Are you happy, are you devastated?
I kinda hope someone just posts an mp4 of the whole movie and to me it does show how
antiquated the company is.
This was creeated to push HBO max as the future seems to be streaming but discovery wanna
go back to the old ways and try and save what many view as a dying way to release movies.
Comment below and let me know.
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