Continuous buckets of cold water for DC fans. What’s going on with Warner Bros. Discovery? Batgirl, a film that was almost finished and that had Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon and Michael Keaton as Batman, will not see the light in theaters or on HBO Max. Find out the details here!
After exciting several fans with the return of Michael Keaton What Batmanannounce characters, complete filming and spend 90 million dollars, Warner Bros Discovery decided to cancel batgirl. This movie, which had Leslie Grace What Barbara Gordonwas already in post-production and was expected to reach (at least) hbo max. what’s going on with Warner Y DC?
As reported by The Post, Warner Bros will archive completely batgirlwhich means that it will not see the light in hbo max much less in theaters. The movie of DC Comics (with a budget in excess of $90 million) was doing test screenings for the public and it seems the poor response prompted the studio to cut their losses and cancel it. This move would rank among the most expensive movie discards in history.
“The decision not to throw batgirl reflects the strategic change of our leadership regarding the universe DC Y hbo max. Leslie Grace she is an incredibly talented actress and this decision is not a reflection of her performance. We are incredibly grateful to the filmmakers of batgirl Y Scooby! Holiday Haunting (animated film with a budget of 40 million dollars approx that was also cancelled) and their respective casts and we look forward to collaborating with everyone again in the near future.”said the spokesman for Warner Bros. Picture to Thewrap.
Studio leaders ultimately determined that the film simply didn’t work out. According to the aforementioned medium, the new owners and the management of Warner Bros Discovery are committed to making great films of DC to take them to theaters, and batgirl it had not been written or produced for the big screen.
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (who received rave reviews for directing the first two episodes of Ms Marvel) directed batgirla film that did not receive a single mention in the panel of DC on the San Diego Comic Con. This may have sent some signal to fans that not everything was looking good for delivery. However, they didn’t talk about many others either, so maybe it was expected that at the next DC news will be announced, but we already see that not (at least with batgirl).
batgirl was going to star Grace beside JK Simmons, Michael Keaton and Brendan Fraser. And although he was supposed to arrive alone at hbo maxthe then president of WB, Toby Emmerich, was considering releasing it in theaters. However, shortly after Warner Bros. will merge with Discovery, Emmerich resigned to form his own production company and David Zaslav he became the executive director of the new entity. The latter replaced Emmerich with Michael DeLuca of MGM Y Pam Abdy.
This would not be the first time Zaslav makes a millionaire cut. He was also in charge of canceling the service of streaming CNN+ (which fetched $300 million) a few days after its release, as it hadn’t attracted enough subscribers.
with a segment of WB specifically for film productions of DCthe studio is still looking for a leader to direct the DC Extended Universe and give it a coherent form, as you did Kevin Feig with the MCU. Everything indicates that the indicated one would be Walter Hamadaas he is the current president of film production for DCbut it seems that they still have work to do. Warner Bros Discovery it will report its second-quarter earnings and announce its future plans on Thursday.
Let’s not forget that there is still much to discover in terms of the next films of DC. Ezra Miller, who plays Flashwas more than once involved in arrests, aggression and complaints and it is not known what will become of Barry Allen and your future. Ben Affleck looks like he said goodbye Batmanbut now it will appear once again as BruceWayne in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Of Wonder Woman 3 not much is known, not even if it comes back Gal Gadotnor its director, release date or title, and Superman let’s not talk
for now, Black Adam, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Aquaman 2 and The Flash are still alive, with release dates in 2022 and 2023. We will have to see if they include the batgirl of Leslie Grace or if they plan to make a clean slate.