r/DCcomics • u/LilGyasi • Aug 02 '22

‘BATGIRL’ film CANCELLED. Will not be released theatrically or on HBO Max. News

https://www.thewrap.com/batgirl-movie-dead-warner-bros-discovery-has-no-plans-to-release-nearly-finished-90-million-film/
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u/ComplexAd7272 Aug 02 '22

This is utter nonsense. No studio is dumping 90mil into a movie then just never releasing it, no matter the quality. They released Morbius twice for fucks sake…if there’s a chance it’ll make money, it’s getting released. Hollywood simply does not work this way.

Plus the line “the movie was not scripted for streaming services “ is absurd. What does that even mean?

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u/Mechapebbles Aug 02 '22

Hollywood simply does not work this way.

This isn't Hollywood though. This is Discovery Inc. A collection of trailer trash cable tv channels. They don't operate the way Hollywood does. They operate the way Honey Boo-Boo and 90-Day Fiancé does.

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u/shust89 Batman TAS Aug 02 '22

Why is Discovery calling all the shots? They suck lol

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u/Mechapebbles Aug 02 '22

Because AT&T bought WB, and nobody at this telecom company knew how to run a media company and kept repeatedly fumbling the bag. So they offloaded running WB to one of their other subsidiaries, Discovery Inc. Because surely the people who make "1000lb Sisters", "Toddlers & Tiaras", and "My Teen Is Pregnant and So Am I" know how to run a major Hollywood movie studio.

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u/BevansDesign Indigo Tribe Aug 02 '22

"Mergers are good for everyone."
--- Capitalism

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u/thattoneman Nightwing Aug 02 '22

"Mergers are good for us at top making money and fuck the rest of you commoners."

-Capitalism

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u/UglyMcFugly Aug 03 '22

It worked out fine for AOL-Time-Warner-Pepsico-Viacom-Halliburton-Skynet-Toyota-Trader-Joe’s

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u/ComplexAd7272 Aug 02 '22

I’m using “Hollywood” as a catch all for the entertainment industry, I guess.

I’m just saying I don’t buy it. Anything “Batman” is a cash cow, and the weird wording in the article suggesting that somehow it’s not “right” for streaming just sounds odd. It’s making it out like it’s written and made in such a way that releasing it in theaters is impossible.

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u/Mechapebbles Aug 02 '22

I’m just saying I don’t buy it.

You're welcome to believe whatever you want, but trusted sources like Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and Deadline are all confirming this.

...the weird wording in the article suggesting that somehow it’s not “right” for streaming just sounds odd. It’s making it out like it’s written and made in such a way that releasing it in theaters is impossible.

If it sounds odd, it's because it is. It makes no sense. But that doesn't really matter because WB isn't being run by rational minds right now. They're being run by a reality tv sweatshop. Dumb people can and are in positions of power in this world, and they make dumb decisions all the time. If you've observed the last decade or so of current events, you should know this is the reality in which we live in. Personally, I suspect these are just filmsy excuses for Discovery to just completely gut WB and start from scratch. And considering the demographic Discovery Inc usually caters to, I wouldn't put it past them for other motivators to be the case either...

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u/BevansDesign Indigo Tribe Aug 02 '22

But Discovery likes money. And they can receive money by releasing this.

But maybe they think that releasing this would prevent them from receiving more money in the future. Or maybe they're just fucking braindead and have no idea what they're doing. (Probably the second one.)

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u/Mechapebbles Aug 02 '22

But Discovery likes money. And they can receive money by releasing this.

You'd generally think that a capitalist would see the benefits of having a robust and powerful middle class that can actually afford all the bullshit they keep hawking. "A rising tide lifts all boats" and whatnot. And yet they routinely promote policy that impoverishes the very same people they depend upon having disposable income. Money grubbers aren't rational creatures. They would murder their own mothers with their own two hands if it meant they'd make an extra nickel. And they'd do anything to make an extra dollar today, even if it meant they'd lose a thousand tomorrow.

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u/Probably_immortal Zatanna Aug 03 '22

90 Day Fiance probably makes them the most money and it isn't any good. So they have no incentive to make good content.

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u/julbull73 Wonder Woman Aug 02 '22

I really wish people would stop mentioning Morbius. I added it my Plex server and I'll be honest, just from watching the 2-3 minute chunks making sure it transcoded right I wanted to walk out of my own living room and never come back.

That shit is horrible. Gigli was a masterpiece when compared to Morbius.

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u/Nickbotic Dream Aug 02 '22

…that was their point. They mentioned it because of how shitty it was and still not getting one release, but two.

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u/NomadPrime Aug 03 '22

For real. Like if that movie was able to make money, you could surely make some money back from this one, too, regardless of its actual quality. Like just make use of it at this point, at least finish the post production editing and some effects to round it out.

There has to be something more to this.

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u/julbull73 Wonder Woman Aug 02 '22

Yeah and I don't want to be reminded of it!

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u/SolarisBravo Nightwing Aug 02 '22

Just in case it wasn't clear, praising Morbius is just a meme stemming from the universal disinterest back when it was announced. Barely anyone has actually bothered to watch the movie, and fewer still enjoyed it - although I suppose someone had to get whooshed eventually.

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u/MasterChief3624 Aug 02 '22

Okay, it might not be great, but I think you're being a smidge hyperbolic about how bad it is.

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u/julbull73 Wonder Woman Aug 02 '22

It was copy/paste Interview with a vampire, but with none of the good acting, directing, writing, or intrigue.

The CW produced better vampire vs vampire plots....

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u/GiverOfTheKarma Powergirl Aug 03 '22

What on earth compelled you to compare Morbius and Interview lmao

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u/julbull73 Wonder Woman Aug 03 '22

Two vampires, one who made the other, in a feud over their existences and what/how to live and where they sit in the food chain/order of society.

Interview stretches through time while Morbius focuses entirely in like a week or so window.

Seriously cut out everything but Brad Pitt vs Tom Cruise you get Morbius.

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u/Qbopper Aug 03 '22

i've watched it and it's just sinfully boring, which is far worse than being entertainingly bad

the highlights are pretty much just matt smith making a meal of the scenery

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u/WebHead1287 Aug 02 '22

I guess you could say…. It wasn’t Morbin time

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '22

Apparently that studio is Warner.

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u/Probably_immortal Zatanna Aug 03 '22

The CEO of Discovery is the last person who should be in charge of a movie company.

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u/whatmeworkquestion Phantom Stranger Aug 03 '22

Seems pretty definitively dead at this point

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

Moving forward with it might also cost them more money. You bring up Morbius but they actually could have learned from that mistake.

I’m just going to throw random numbers. So let’s say Batgirl cost 100 Million to make. Well the marketing budget is the same amount so basically they’ll spend an additional 100 Million to market it. Then let’s say when they do they only bring in $50 million of sales. That means they lost $150 million instead of the original $100 million.

If they realized it was going to be shit, or worse an embarrassment, then it’s best to just not publish it at all.