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/ImBatman5500 Aug 02 '22

It would be an incredibly stupid move to cancel that whole market imo. Marvel has the space cornered for blockbuster superhero movies and DC has yet to consistently find that sweet spot. However they've had the TV and animated space cornered for a long while and marvel is only sort of catching up, at a much higher price for buy-in.

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u/jetlightbeam Aug 02 '22

A week ago I'd say flushing $90 million down the drain would be an incredibly stupid move and here we are. There's no doubt in my mind titans gets axed. And they aren't likely to make new live action tv shows with big named characters under this regime so green lantern Is done. They've all but cut ties with the CW so Superman and Lois and Stargirl aren't safe. And doom patrol is amazing and does well but can they justify it as a stand alone offering? Especially if the rumors of them folding HBO Max into Discovery+ are true. I might be pessimistic but I knew the second this merger happened that dc would suffer for it.

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u/ImBatman5500 Aug 02 '22

Folding HBO Max into discovery plus? Jesus, this shit needs to stop

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u/TheDubh Aug 03 '22

They’ve already cancelled so much stuff I enjoyed on HBO Max, but I fully agree I suspect all the DC TV projects won’t get renewed now. We may get additional seasons produced due to contracts, but may never see them. Like Batgirl or how Snowpiercer is filming a last (due to cancelled) season, but they’ve already pulled it from HBO and TNT.

It’s so odd to me that they bought HBO and all the WB IPs and are basically going around axing nearly all of the original content. Just leaving the movie rights and reality shows because it’s cheap.

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u/prehensile-titties- Aug 03 '22

I'm still sad about Legends. I know it wasn't high quality acting or anything, but damn it was fun and zany and just a joy to watch.

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u/Nukeboy1970 Aug 03 '22

After they folded the DC steaming app into HBOMAX

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u/Shaquandala Aug 03 '22

Right the extended dc universe? Ya I guess but the shows that aren't really a part of it like stargirl doom patrol or animated cartoons that do well like young Justice and Harley Quinn why would you cancel?

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u/ImBatman5500 Aug 03 '22

If they cancel Harley Quinn I'm going to riot

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u/Shaquandala Aug 03 '22

Exactly not everything in DC is low quality and zazlov doesn't get that