Batgirl movie cancelled

[Deset Gled]

I suspect that the movie is not particularly good, but not so bad it should be cancelled.

I don't think we can be sure of that. Does anyone remember Catwoman? I would say that's a movie so bad it should have been cancelled. How it got that far despite it's quality, I don't know. But it happened.

Can you imagine how bad it would be for the DC extended universe if Catwoman was released before Justice League? It could kill the momentum of the franchise that many people already view as second tier. Sure, the studio would manage to salvage a few bucks by releasing the movie. But the damage to the franchise could have been much greater than any money they managed to save. Especially depending on how much the content of Batgirl plays into the rest of the Batman and DC continuity.

From a certain point of view, this could be changing point for the DC EU. The day where someone near the top finally said "Stop pushing garbage out the door just for the sake of making movies, and try to make this universe work for a change! No more Suicide Squads, no more movies that require multiple directors and releases." It's not likely. But it's possible.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Nah, amazon never makes any profits either.

Taxes are for poor people.

As are tax audits, as it happens. They take less work hours for small time people with discrepancies, and the IRS has to show that they’re fighting tax fraud, so they get as many “resolved” audits as they can, which means most audits are for people that make less than half a mil a year.

 

[GreyLord]

I don't really care that Scoob! got cancelled. I'd REALLY have wanted to watch the Batgirl movie from what I had heard about it.

They should at least do a quick post job and put it on streaming.

 

[Umbran]

They should at least do a quick post job and put it on streaming.

Part of the point seems to be that they don't want to be in the business of making streaming content. The streaming services are an afterlife for them, not a primary target.

 

[GreyLord]

Part of the point seems to be that they don't want to be in the business of making streaming content. The streaming services are an afterlife for them, not a primary target.

It's just the disappointment being expressed by someone (me) who was thinking they'd go see it and would still want to see it somehow or someway.

 

[Hex08]

Part of the point seems to be that they don't want to be in the business of making streaming content. The streaming services are an afterlife for them, not a primary target.

I was very surprised to see that HBO Max may be exiting scripted content. I don't have it but everything I hear is that it puts out good stuff. I guess just putting that investment into HBO is a way around that but then how do they justify the cost of HBO Max? Does the price drop? Does it become free with HBO?

 

[Umbran]

It's just the disappointment being expressed by someone (me) who was thinking they'd go see it and would still want to see it somehow or someway.

I understand. But, as consumers, knowing why they are doing this is important to setting expectations for their future behavior.

Personally, I think it is a reactionary move hoping to return to a status quo that we have likely lost, much like a post-pandemic company going back to having everyone in the same physical office every day, even when that's not really more productive.

 

[wicked cool]

appears the tax right off is better than the profits that this movie wasnt going to make. same with scooby doo spinoff thing. Smart . I wonder if the tax loophole was something that was done recently

i wonder if they will sit on the flash and hope Ezra gets image fixed (sort of like Depp)

 

[Deset Gled]

It's just the disappointment being expressed by someone (me) who was thinking they'd go see it and would still want to see it somehow or someway.

On a related note, I'd really like to see Star Wars Detours some day.

Star Wars Detours - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[FitzTheRuke]

From a certain point of view, this could be changing point for the DC EU. The day where someone near the top finally said "Stop pushing garbage out the door just for the sake of making movies, and try to make this universe work for a change! No more Suicide Squads, no more movies that require multiple directors and releases." It's not likely. But it's possible.

Yeah, I'd like to think it's that. Sadly more likely to be a tax-grab, but hopefully we'll see better movies from them in the future, either way.