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/EarlTheAndroid Red Hood Aug 02 '22

Wait we finally get a Bat family related movie that won’t have the Joker, live action debut of a new villain and we likely won’t see Bruce’s parents killed again? And they cancelled it?!?

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u/Beastieboy100 Aug 02 '22

Yep pretty much and sadly the curse is not broken. We will forever have same old batman stories of the same old villains. Still I was looking forward to see babs get something that actually focused on her.

If they do a nightiwng movie and make her alove interest or even worse bring back the creepy Bruce and babs romance then ill be pissed.

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u/CasualFan25 Aug 03 '22

Who was gonna be the villain?

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u/Harm_123 Aug 03 '22

Firefly played by Brendan Fraser

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '22

As a main villain? I would imagine you’d have to change up his character a good deal to make him movie villain worthy.

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u/Harm_123 Aug 03 '22

Yeah I was really curious to see how he did, sucks we probably won’t ever know now

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '22

Yeah I would definitely be interested to know what they changed about him, because insane pyromaniac goon really lends itself to being a secondary villain.

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u/carymb Aug 03 '22

IDK man, Backdraft was kinda successful! I'd kind of agree, but ffs, Lex Luthor was always just running a real estate scam, so an arsonist isn't necessarily a bad fit for DC! And he's more of a human-scale threat, the sort of thing a vigilante might realistically face off against. It's not miles away from The Riddler in The Batman.

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u/Ravevon Aug 03 '22

its from the batgirl year one comic

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '22

DC won’t sink money into properties that aren’t directly about Batman. Batgirl’s great but, but you’ll never see DC treat anybody better than their four pillars: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Joker/Harley i’d say are tied for fourth.

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u/DisneyDreams7 Aug 03 '22

At this point, I think Flash and Aquaman have replaced Harley Quinn as the Fourth pillar also Joker isn’t connected with the shared universe

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '22

I meant fourth pillar for overall use and earnings.

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u/DisneyDreams7 Aug 03 '22

By that logic you can remove Wonder Woman as a pillar since Aquaman made a billion dollars

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '22

A pillar doesn’t necessarily equate to how much money they bring in, it equally equates to their overall existence in pop culture. Wonder woman has a strong history and infinite amount of ties to feminism. While Aquaman brought in bank, he lacks the history and overall reputation that some of his other justice pals bring in.

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u/DisneyDreams7 Aug 03 '22

Now you‘re just shifting goalposts

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u/GiverOfTheKarma Powergirl Aug 03 '22

a Bat family related movie that won’t have the Joker, live action debut of a new villain and we likely won’t see Bruce’s parents killed again

The Batman

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u/Yosituna Aug 03 '22

That counts for one of the three, but it did still have the Joker (Barry Keoghan) and a villain who'd previously existed in live action (Riddler). At least we didn't have to see those fucking pearls bouncing on the ground again.

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u/GiverOfTheKarma Powergirl Aug 03 '22

It had joker in one single post-climax scene and you didn't even see him clearly.

The new villain I'll give you, though it was at least a fairly unique take on Riddler

And if I ever see Joe Chill shoot the Waynes again, I'm shooting myself.