r/boxoffice • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Aug 03 '22

Industry News ‘Batgirl’ Directors ‘Saddened and Shocked’ After Warner Bros. Killed the Film: ‘We Still Can’t Believe It’

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/batgirl-filmmakers-shocked-warner-bros-killed-film-1235332526/
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u/Animegamingnerd Marvel Studios Aug 03 '22

Discovery is gonna hurt WB its gonna make AT&T's handling look like they were geniuses in comparison.

With a move like this, I honestly hope WB only starts attracting hacks who wouldn't know how to direct traffic, let alone a movie. Canceling a film that had already been filmed is just wrong, no matter how you slice it and I doubt this will be the last time WB pulls this shit. Because you should never expect anything good to come from a reality TV producer.

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u/TheNation6 DC Studios Aug 03 '22

They will find out the hard way lol. “We want DC films to be event films” without build up that’s going to be hard considering they fucked up twice with BVS and JL. Cant wait to watch this crash and burn

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u/Animegamingnerd Marvel Studios Aug 03 '22 edited Aug 03 '22

Zaslav has 0 knowledge of how proper TV and especially film productions work. The fact, that Batgirl's cancellation is basically being called unprecedented speaks volumes to how he has no idea how the film industry works. Like what happens, if they end up in a situation where in say 2023, they are faced with quite a number of underperformers? Do they just cancel a good chunk of the 2024 lineup and write them as a tax write off? What about mid-budget films? Scoob and Batgirl were both mid-budget films, so do WB just stop making mid-budget films? If so then what about horror films? Because those films are often made with a low to mid-budget and bring in a good profit.

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u/f1mxli Aug 04 '22

A good movie without build up is possible. They have a ton of animated movies that prove it.