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Batgirl Will Not Be Released In Theaters Or On HBO Max As Warner Bros. Scraps Completed $90 Million Movie

AmuroChan

Member
One of the reasons why they don't have Cavill nailed down could be because he's crossing his fingers for Bond. IF that happens (we'll know who Bond is by the end of the year) he won't be Superman or Geralt anymore.

And HBO Max as it exists could go away and Discovery just merges Discovery+ with HBO into something new.

They make one Bond movie like every 5 years. It's not like Cavill won't have time to work on other projects. Also, in the climate that we're in now, I'm not 100% convinced that they'll cast a straight, white male as the next Bond.
 

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All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Leslie Grace and an ensemble that includes J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon, Brendan Fraser as Firefly, and Michael Keaton as Batman.
What the fuck. This sounds amazing.
 

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All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Now I have to see it.

Somebody leak this madness. This is the one Wheedon wrote I believe.
You mean the one with all the "look at her ass" in the stage directions?

Fuck GIVE ME THIS MOVIE!
 

bitbydeath

Gold Member
how bad must this movie be. hollywood throws garbage into the theater all the time.
And it cost more than $100 million.
The reportedly $70 million movie (the source said the budget was actually more than $100 million), which was doing test screenings for audiences in anticipation of a late 2022 debut, would rank among the most expensive cinematic castoffs ever.
 

AJUMP23

Parody of actual AJUMP23
I know they never released that fantastic 4 movie in the 90s.

Are there any other movies like this that don’t get released?
 

ArtHands

Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Not that shock considering the lack of foundation from those Zack Synder’s DCEU movies, and their recent movies still indicate that they are running like a headless superman.

If I am in charged, I will use the Flash movie to kill the DCEU and all related projects and start DCCU. DCEU is done.
 

Jsisto

Member
I heard Ezra Miller has been grooming this movie for years and stole the only copy of the completed film and is now on the run. Terrible luck for WB….
 

ManaByte

Banned
They make one Bond movie like every 5 years. It's not like Cavill won't have time to work on other projects. Also, in the climate that we're in now, I'm not 100% convinced that they'll cast a straight, white male as the next Bond.
When you’re Bond, your Bond. They don’t want the current Bond being in a separate tentpole franchise at the same time.
 

ResurrectedContrarian

Suffers with mild autism
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G-Bus

Banned
That sounds crazy. 100 million down the drain and they won't even put it out there.

Do your thing internet. Make them release it.
 

VulcanRaven

Member
So even more already filmed Michael Keaton Batman scenes that we are not going to see? I have been very excited about his return so I hope this isn't true.
 
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LordCBH

Member
That’s so damn bizarre to have finished the film, but just go “nah. Nope. Not even digital via hbo.”
 
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sinnergy

Member
DC cinematic universe 🤣 please stop, and only make tv series .. The Batman was so bad I fell asleep , hasn’t happened in 15 years when watching a movie , I didn’t even bother to finish the movie afterwards.
 
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Jesus Christ. They were better off with Zach Snyder than with whatever the fuck they are doing now.

What a clusterfuck this continues to be...
 
My heart goes out to those that worked hard on this and that sucks for those that were passionate but on the other hand...

Hate to be mean but I'm supposed to be splashing around in my own tears for multi-millionaire A list or otherwise previously A list actors who got this scrapped? Didn't Keaton basically just come out recently and said he's never watched a superhero movie because it's a waste of time to him? Even the girl playing the race bent batgirl probably got multiple times my yearly salary for her work.

And on the flip side, I'm supposed to look at Discovery as a bunch of anti art meanies because they canned a movie written and shot as content fodder for a soulless streaming service in favor of focusing on grand cinematic experiences? Seriously?? The twitter outrage is so pathetic. The vocal minority is ridiculous. Nobody gave a fuck about the movie at all and now that it's cancelled you'd swear this was a Batman, Spider-Man, Avengers, Avatar 2 level tentpole blockbuster and not a little rinky dink cheap little side project. Good riddance. Who the fuck was asking for this movie? It would've flopped in theaters and on streaming maybe at best been the movie casuals check out the first 10 minutes of because "I'm mindlessly scrolling and they made a batgirl movie? Huh. *click*"

Give me a fucking break. Discovery did nothing wrong here in my opinion and it's actually encouraging they are no longer tolerating these superfluous streaming service fodder projects. Less "content" more films, thank you Discovery.
 
Hilarious. From these terrible belgian directors I wouldn't have expected anything else. That last bad boys was pure trash compared to the rest. That screenshot of batgirl in the OP just looks like a CW show...
 
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MrA

Member
I actually want to watch it now in as a morbid curiosity, though I doubt its gloriously like plan 9 or the room or a+ for effort roger corman style filmed for 20 dollars over a three day weekend sensible chuckle good for the resources bad
Or I need to make 87 films out of 5 hours of footage, no problem Godfrey ho bad
its probably just soulless corporate bad
 

Nobody_Important

“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
I keep thinking about this. How bad could the movie be that not only is WB willing to eat a 90 million dollar hit, but to announce that hit publicly and in full view of its investors.


With that much money and clout at stake I wouldn't be surprised if writers and producers start losing kneecaps in the coming weeks and months.
 

pauljeremiah

Gold Member
The Corman Fantastic Four movie in 1994 was completed, scrapped, and then Avi Arad burned the original negative.

The Corman version is still the best Fantastic Four film. Yes, it looks cheap (even back then), but it's more enjoyable than the other films in the series.
 
I keep thinking about this. How bad could the movie be that not only is WB willing to eat a 90 million dollar hit, but to announce that hit publicly and in full view of its investors.


With that much money and clout at stake I wouldn't be surprised if writers and producers start losing kneecaps in the coming weeks and months.
WB has no quarrels with releasing a bad movie (see: Birds of Prey). The issue is that it simply wasn't worth the time, effort, and money to finish Batgirl because reshoots (to fix the movie) and other post-production stuff costs even more money that they will never see again. After all, this movie was never intended to be a big money-maker like a theater release, it was intended to be an incentive to subscribe to HBO Max.
 

FunkMiller

Gold Member
WB has no quarrels with releasing a bad movie (see: Birds of Prey). The issue is that it simply wasn't worth the time, effort, and money to finish Batgirl because reshoots (to fix the movie) and other post-production stuff costs even more money that they will never see again. After all, this movie was never intended to be a big money-maker like a theater release, it was intended to be an incentive to subscribe to HBO Max.

They've decided to write the whole damn thing off as a tax deduction, which tends to suggest it's so horrible that they thought they couldn't make any money out of it whatsoever.

I am now desperate to see it just to see how fucking terrible it truly is. Had no interest before now :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 

Nobody_Important

“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
They've decided to write the whole damn thing off as a tax deduction, which tends to suggest it's so horrible that they thought they couldn't make any money out of it whatsoever.

I am now desperate to see it just to see how fucking terrible it truly is. Had no interest before now :messenger_tears_of_joy:
Maybe Anonymous will do the world a favor.....
 

jason10mm

Gold Member
When you’re Bond, your Bond. They don’t want the current Bond being in a separate tentpole franchise at the same time.
You keep repeating this as if it has ANY relevance AT ALL to how current casting would be.craig was bond for almost 20 years and only made 5 bond films. He was in several films that could have been big franchises had they been more successful, Broccoli can't lock down an actor from recurring roles for that long.

If they go back to 2-3 ,year releases maybe but I doubt it.
 
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They've decided to write the whole damn thing off as a tax deduction, which tends to suggest it's so horrible that they thought they couldn't make any money out of it whatsoever.

I am now desperate to see it just to see how fucking terrible it truly is. Had no interest before now :messenger_tears_of_joy:
Honestly, I'd love to see the workprint/screening version of this movie, with all the incomplete effects. I want to see how bad it really is.

Hope it gets leaked someday.
 

Umbasaborne

Banned
Before commenting on this cancellation I think people should properly understand what's happening behind the scenes. With David Zaslav and Alan Horne steering WB, this might be a sign of people who know what they are doing being in charge. Batgirl should never have been a direct to streaming movie, a high budgeted series maybe, but not a low budgeted streaming movie.

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the entire Flash film gets cancelled to remove Batkeaton entirely from the DCEU. I personally have not liked this idea or direction at all.
Announce a Man of Steel 2 and a stand alone Batfleck film and things will be back on the right track.
Bat keaton was such a terrible idea, dont get me wrong, i love batman 89, but saying “hey! Old ass michael keaton is gonna be the new batman in our connected universe!” Was an awful idea, and was clearly done out of desperation. Honestly? They should let reeves and phillips continue to make batman and joker films seperatley. But everything else should be scrapped and this whole thing needs to be rebooted. Give is a superman movie that executives actually have faith in to be the lynchpin of this universe like cavil should of been. And if all else fails, just fucking stop trying to make a connected universe like marvel and focus on high quality individual films like the batman
 
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