I'm Batman

[d000hg]

The new Batgirl movie has been scrapped by Warner Bros Discovery months before its planned release.

Reportedly budgeted at more than $70m (£58m), it was due to be shown in cinemas and on the streaming service HBO Max later this year.

Imagine being the lead - or getting your first big acting gig - in a film which is never released!
I suppose some of us have spent months or years of our working lives creating projects which are scrapped or shelved before they ever go live, certainly many of us spend our lives creating things hardly anyone will ever see

[TheDude]

Imagine being the lead - or getting your first big acting gig - in a film which is never released!
I suppose some of us have spent months or years of our working lives creating projects which are scrapped or shelved before they ever go live, certainly many of us spend our lives creating things hardly anyone will ever see

Or you character being cut from an incredibly successful franchise.

For example Biggs in Star Wars, Elevens sister in Stranger Things...

[SueEllen]

Imagine being the lead - or getting your first big acting gig - in a film which is never released!

Is it that bad it won't even go straight to the modern equivalent of DVD - put on Channel 5(or similar) around Christmas?

[vetran]

Or you character being cut from an incredibly successful franchise.

For example Biggs in Star Wars, Elevens sister in Stranger Things...

Captain Jack Sparrow?

Blonde Bimbo in Aquafarce 14?

[d000hg]

Is it that bad it won't even go straight to the modern equivalent of DVD - put on Channel 5(or similar) around Christmas?

I wondered that but it seems the film isn't completely finished - they haven't done all the post-production FX and final CGI which must be a lot of cash. Apparently the pre-screenings include all the placeholder CGI which you sometimes see in deleted/additional scenes.

[Mordac]

Is it that bad it won't even go straight to the modern equivalent of DVD - put on Channel 5(or similar) around Christmas?

They're not even bothering to finish post-production. That's not uncommon for some indie projects (which often simply run out of money) but it's rare for a high profile studio movie to be canned so late in the day. That gives you some idea of how utterly terrible it must have been.

[NigelJK]

Apparently there's another film from the same stable that sets the scene for Batgirl which is also under threat. There's some politics involved as Warner and another studio just merged and the new head honcho is wielding the ban hammer like a CUK mod.

[d000hg]

Apparently there's another film from the same stable that sets the scene for Batgirl which is also under threat. There's some politics involved as Warner and another studio just merged and the new head honcho is wielding the ban hammer like a CUK mod.

There was waffle about "our values" so maybe there's a problem that all the characters are straight or something

[vetran]

There was waffle about "our values" so maybe there's a problem that all the characters are straight or something

Batgirl was apparently ticking all the diversity boxes, Colour, bisexuality, transgender and of course animal play.

[WTFH]

There was waffle about "our values" so ...

She's been reported to Prevent and will be sent to Rwanda?