Batgirl movie cancelled

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The Canceled Batgirl Movie's Plot Revealed

The Batgirl movie has been abruptly and shockingly canceled, and now some details about what could have been are emerging.

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And this is how you drive away folks

Exclusive: Harley Quinn, Doom Patrol, And Titans Likely Canceled

According to our trusted and proven sources, Harley Quinn, Doom Patrol, and Titans are all up next on the chopping block.

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Exclusive: Green Lantern Show Dead At HBO Max

Sadly, we have to report Batgirl won't be the only DC victim of Warner Bros. Discovery. The Green Lantern HBO Max show is dead as well.

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None of that would surprise me but I find Giant Freaking Robot to be a dubious source at times.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Well, the classic way of making a movie is to just sit down and write/make a good movie. You make a movie that you both like and think others will like, even more so the fans of whatever your making. See, roughly, any movie made before 2000.

The new way is to make a message of a movie and worry about what every small group might say or think about everything. Then try to make everything just right to make everyone happy, except the fans.

I think the big Eye Opener for Warner Brothers and DC Movies was Top Gun:Maverick. Pure classic movie. Made tons of money. But then compare to all the DC not so great hits.

And again, this should be so easy for DC. They have a TON of lore and stories and characters to work with.

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Youve been here long enough to know that “go woke, go broke”- regardless of how many different words you use to say it- is NOT acceptable.

 

[Zardnaar]

New way of making movies is big budget with big marketing budget. Usually established franchises.

Alot of those 80's movies for example adjusted for inflation were made for 50-100 million dollars now. Really big budget movies were exception not the rule eg Terminator 2.

Most if the Star Wars Films in the OT fall in the sub 100 million range adjusted for inflation. ANH was 7 million iirc no idea what that costs inflation adjusted.

So less variety outside of indie movies. The budget to film an 80's or 90's hit movie won't cover the marketing campaign now.

If one had to guess a lot of these movies plus marketing budgets are probably unlikely to break 4-500 million which is now break even point for blockbuster type movies.

Rule of thumb apparently is production cost+marketing then double it for the box office.

Star Wars and MCU films are looking at close to a billion break even point now.

 

[Hades#2]

I would rather have seen the Batgirl movie than The Flash. I was unimpressed with the Flash in Justice League. I heard they want to make another Superman movie with Henry Cavill. I didn't like man of Steel and would have no interest in seeing that. At least a Batgirl movie would potentially have been interesting. A new character that has not had a film or tv show.

 

[billd91]

I would rather have seen the Batgirl movie than The Flash. I was unimpressed with the Flash in Justice League. I heard they want to make another Superman movie with Henry Cavill. I didn't like man of Steel and would have no interest in seeing that. At least a Batgirl movie would potentially have been interesting. A new character that has not had a film or tv show.

I would see Henry Cavill as Superman, if it were someone other than Zack Snyder directing it. Some of his movies rise to the level of OK for me, but I haven't really unreservedly liked any of them.

 

[Hades#2]

It could have been just the script that turned me off. It just didn't feel like a Superman movie to me. I remember at the time a lot of friends and coworkers said it was a good action movie but when asked if it was a good Superman movie they responded with 'Does it matter?'. I hope Warner Brothers changes their mind and releases Batgirl on streaming at least.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

It could have been just the script that turned me off. It just didn't feel like a Superman movie to me. I remember at the time a lot of friends and coworkers said it was a good action movie but when asked if it was a good Superman movie they responded with 'Does it matter?'. I hope Warner Brothers changes their mind and releases Batgirl on streaming at least.

So, the problem is the history. This was supposed to be a streaming movie. That's the whole problem. It didn't have the budget of a huge movie release. So the new powers don't want to spend the money to make it a "full release," and they don't want to release movies just to the streaming platform anymore.

....and if they get the tax write-off, they can't release it to the streaming platform.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

And this is how you drive away folks

I'm going to mention that this is why I did my recent power rankings-

Streaming Services: Discussion and Power Rankings

One feature of conversations we often have here about geek media is that they get sidetracked into conversations about the various streaming services that are currently offering the content. So while you want to talk about Captain Pike's amazingly dreamy hair and cooking skills on Strange New...

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...and why I put HBOMax at #4 (and falling) even though it's my go-to when I want something to watch. Because it's clear that these clowns are running it into the ground.

Harley, Doom Patrol, and Titans are three of the reasons I have HBOMax. They've also cancelled a bunch of great pipeline projects. Not to mention all the budget cutting is eventually going to hit HBO ... I mean, can you imagine these guys greenlighting Station Eleven (one of the great shows I watched in the last year) or even Watchmen?

 

[trappedslider]

Harley, Doom Patrol, and Titans are three of the reasons I have HBOMax. They've also cancelled a bunch of great pipeline projects. Not to mention all the budget cutting is eventually going to hit HBO ... I mean, can you imagine these guys greenlighting Station Eleven (one of the great shows I watched in the last year) or even Watchmen?

And those shows will more than likely be on the chopping block, I just saw an ad for HBOmax with direct, and all i could think was the only show that is safe is the GoT related one, all the others will be question marks until an actual statement is made.

 

[trappedslider]

I would rather have seen the Batgirl movie than The Flash.

Odds are that we'll get a Flash movie, given the crazy guy in charge's statement about it.