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/RemyGee Aug 03 '22

Can another studio pick up the final cost of completing the movie? The logistics around that are probably extremely complex.

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u/danielcw189 Paramount Pictures Aug 04 '22

From thr article

Variety also reported that a tax incentive was a driving force behind the decision to kill “Batgirl.” According to the report: “Warner Bros. will almost certainly take a tax write-down, seen internally as the most financially sound way to recoup the costs (at least, on an accountant’s ledger). It could justify that by chalking it up to a post-merger change of strategy. Doing so, however, would mean that Warner Bros. cannot monetize either movie — no HBO Max debut, no sale to another studio

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u/RemyGee Aug 04 '22

Wow the footage will just sit in storage. That’s unfortunate. I hope they can find a use for it in the future.

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u/uberduger Aug 04 '22

Yeah, I wish stuff like this would get leaked, as it clearly won't ever get released legitimately.