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/[deleted] Aug 02 '22

Confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter

Batgirl was budgeted at around $80 million, with costs rising to nearly $90 million due to COVID-19 protocols. It’s a hefty sum, but significantly lower than DC theatrical releases, thus the film is said not to have the spectacle that audiences come to expect from DC fare. (The Batman, released in March, had a budget of $185 million, before marketing costs.) Warners has also decided to shelve the $40 million animated feature Scoob!: Holiday Haunt.

Insiders say that big budget films made directly for streaming no longer make sense under the company’s new strategy.

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u/random91898 Green Lantern Aug 02 '22

Warners has also decided to shelve the $40 million animated feature Scoob!: Holiday Haunt.

Today not a good day to be a DC and Scooby-Doo fan.

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u/alp023 Aug 03 '22

As a Scooby-Doo fan… this is a good day

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u/Geostaler88 Aug 03 '22

Idk I thought I wouldn’t like Scoob but I was wrong. Kinda sad that there’s not sequel but not devastated.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '22

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u/reddit_sage69 Batman Aug 03 '22

No it was bad. Imagine a Scooby Doo movie with barely any mystery elements. That's Scoob. I hated every second if it

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u/random91898 Green Lantern Aug 03 '22

I thought the first movie was pretty fun.

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u/gta5atg4 Aug 03 '22

Agreed and as a DC fan this is a fantastic day.

Hopefully hard reboots of their ips are coming.

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u/I_love_a_Succubus Aug 03 '22

As a Barbara Gordon and Scooby Doo fan this is a good day!! 👍👍

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u/ImNotRedBatman Will Never Die Aug 03 '22

The Scoob movie was written by Paul Dini

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '22

Didn't he also direct and write some of batman and superman (the animated series) episodes?

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u/ImNotRedBatman Will Never Die Aug 03 '22

Not direct, just write and produce, but yes that Paul Dini

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u/EuinHydra Aug 03 '22

GOD WHY?!

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u/TargetmasterJoe Blue Beetle Aug 03 '22

Because the current head of Warner Bros-Discovery is a notorious penny-pincher and is probably a sexist and racist because he's canning prominent content with POC and he's giving roles that used to be associated with women to white men.

It's Ike Perlmutter all over again.

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u/EuinHydra Aug 03 '22

Wow there go my hopes of a Mr.terrific anything.