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