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Completed Batgirl movie gets cancelled - for real! - and why it is important
Lurkndog:
I didn't know there had been a change in management at WB. That's actually good news.
I suspect they might be hoping for fans to get curious and petition to see the Batgirl movie like they did the Snyder Cut of Justice League.
At the very least, it is encouraging to see that the new management has better taste than the old.
I expect the Flash movie to come out, but I doubt they keep Ezra Miller on as the Flash after that.
Given that the Flash movie is using the Flashpoint storyline, which is a "time travel creates dark universe until it is finally undone" storyline, they could recast the role at the end of the movie. The good timeline is restored, the bad timeline is banished, and Flash is now Grant Gustin. :)
Reckall:
--- Quote from: Lurkndog on August 03, 2022, 09:29:20 AM ---I didn't know there had been a change in management at WB. That's actually good news.
I suspect they might be hoping for fans to get curious and petition to see the Batgirl movie like they did the Snyder Cut of Justice League.
At the very least, it is encouraging to see that the new management has better taste than the old.
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The master plan of the old regime was to wokefise the whole DCU, with the new "holy trinity" composed by Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Batgirl. Then Warner was bought by Discovery and... let's say that the new management took a flamethrower and started to torch projects of all kinds. Some say that they are "anti-woke" but, from the rumbles I heard, they are simply "anti-bad" with no political inclinations. The fact that 90% of the things being canned is woke is only a byproduct - which still tells a lot about the quality of woke products.
However, totally shelving a $70-100 millions movie (reportedly finished) is still amazing. Apparently, if "Batgirl" came out, no matter the quality, the DCU would have been forced to follow the woke rails. They say that not even reshoots could have avoided this. The new management wants to basically reset the DCU, bring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill back (Ben Affleck's Batman was already inserted in "Aquaman 2" in reshoots), fix the Flash with a new actor and move on.
Midnight Edge just put out a nice summary of the situation. The changes for Warner are bigger than that but this is about the DCU.
VisionStorm:
It's always reassuring to hear about all the damage that wokeness has wrought on the movie industry. It was a horrible industry to begin with and they've been pushing this cultural rot on the public for years now, and gaslighting them when they dare not like what's been served to them. So it's nice to hear they've been facing the consequences with significant monetary loss and having their long term projects ruined. Sometimes karma seems to happen.
Ghostmaker:
Reckall isn't overstating things. It's one thing to kill a project in progress, but my understanding is that this film was 'in the can', i.e. done -- post production and all.
Shelving it essentially states 'It's a loss and we know it'. It might get a DTV release -- maybe. A number of films were delayed thanks to the Kung Flu, but I'm not aware of any that have been outright shitcanned like this.
HappyDaze:
--- Quote from: Lurkndog on August 03, 2022, 09:29:20 AM ---I didn't know there had been a change in management at WB. That's actually good news.
I suspect they might be hoping for fans to get curious and petition to see the Batgirl movie like they did the Snyder Cut of Justice League.
At the very least, it is encouraging to see that the new management has better taste than the old.
I expect the Flash movie to come out, but I doubt they keep Ezra Miller on as the Flash after that.
Given that the Flash movie is using the Flashpoint storyline, which is a "time travel creates dark universe until it is finally undone" storyline, they could recast the role at the end of the movie. The good timeline is restored, the bad timeline is banished, and Flash is now Grant Gustin. :)
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And it's not like Grant doesn't have an opening in his schedule with the cancelation of the Flash series (after a shortened 9th season).
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