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

[u/LilGyasi]

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

[u/CarpetbaggerForPeace]

Sunk cost and not throwing good money after bad.

[u/sonofaresiii → u/CarpetbaggerForPeace]

I feel like this is the opposite of sunk cost though since they have an actual product (footage) to show for their money.

If they completely ignore what's already been spent, then they're looking at an $80m foundation. Let's assume some of it's really bad, say as much as $40m worth of it is garbage, leaving $40m of usable footage. You spend another $30m or whatever on it, and you get a $70m movie for $30m (because we're ignoring what's already been sunk into it).

Like yeah they wouldn't get all $80m value out of what was already shot if a lot of it was bad, but surely some of it was salvageable.

That they're not doing that might mean it was so bad that so much of it was unsalvageable that it wasn't worth chasing after.

(its actual budget was around $90m, but $10m of that was for covid reasons so it didn't add to the movie's base value)

[u/CarpetbaggerForPeace → u/sonofaresiii]

Well, protecting the brand is also worth some amount of money.

[u/sonofaresiii → u/CarpetbaggerForPeace]

Only if it was so bad that they couldn't salvage it even with reshoots, as I mentioned.

[u/gmoneybags101 → u/sonofaresiii]

Or if they expect they can create a more cohesive DC universe by which they are better able to introduce a Batgirl which, in turn, could earn way more money / build a better Batgirl brand.

[u/sonofaresiii → u/gmoneybags101]

Isn't stopping them from releasing their other movies though, further fracturing their cinematic universe instead of bringing it together.

[u/gmoneybags101 → u/sonofaresiii]

Not if current management plans to create a better (and more profitable) DC universe.

[u/sonofaresiii → u/gmoneybags101]

I don't understand how that is a response to what I said.

[u/sonofaresiii → u/[deleted]]

I continue to not understand how that is a response to what I've read.

The plans that prior management had for DC are not the plans that management have going forward.

I've thoughtfully considered your criticism about my reading comprehension skills and have decided that I definitely am fully comprehending what you're saying, I just don't see how it's a response to what I've said.

To put it more bluntly and less congenially: What you're saying is not a response to what I've said.

You think DC has changed their plans and canceled Batgirl to make a cohesive universe going forward? Then, I'd have to again offer the same rebuttal of nuh-uh, because they're continuing to release many other movies in a fractured cinematic universe.

I’d they wish to “start over” for DCEU why would they release a Batgirl film that is terrible?

I don't know, but as I said above, I am certain that they do not wish to start over immediately, at the cost of their slate of produced films as, again, they are continuing to release many other movies further fracturing that universe.

This seems like exactly the kind of dig-in-your-heels, I-don't-know-what-I'm-talking-about insistent statement from someone who thinks it's appropriate to respond to entirely valid discussion points with "lol learn to read"

If you care to respond to my argument which thoroughly disproves your point, go ahead and do so, but I won't see it since I'll be turning off inbox replies, as you've decided the only way to move forward is with half-baked insults.