Warner Bros. Explains: That’s why Batgirl was canceled

A very specific message caused a stir last week a lot of attention in Hollywood: The nearly completed superhero movie Batgirl will never see the light of day. Following a decision by Warner Bros., there are no plans for a theatrical release or the HBO Max streaming service. Although the project already 90 million dollars devoured, it will now probably disappear into oblivion forever. But why actually? There is now a first statement from the side Warner Bros.

New plans for the DC Universe

The new manager David Zaslav had recently under a investor conference talked about this topic, among other things. He made it quite clear that he was with the quality of Batgirl have been anything but satisfied. He has big plans for the DC Cinematic Universe and he will therefore not release a film in which he does not believe 100 percent. Instead, he created a new team, the one 10 year plan for the DC brand should create. This should be structured similarly to the phases of the big MCU competition. Zaslav is currently subordinating a lot of things to this big goal, some films like Batgirl are sticking with it on the route.

Was Batgirl too bad?

Obviously, David Zaslav feels that the DC movies need a certain value and therefore a budget to push the brand forward. Apparently this was not the case with Batgirl. The opportunity for Reshoots or complex post-processing were excluded, the project is now probably using clever tricks deducted from taxes.

Also, Batgirl cut at one first test demonstration probably not very good. According to a report by The Hollywood Reporter magazine, the superhero film received only one rating from the audience low 60s range. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the final version of the film wouldn’t have been a commercial success. The film adaptation of It received similarly low ratings prior to release and was a box office hit more than 700 million dollars a.