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Author Topic: Completed Batgirl movie gets cancelled - for real! - and why it is important  (Read 8327 times)

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Can you tell us what movies you consider to be superhero movies?

For starters, the Old Superman movies, Batman and Batman Returns, Wonder Woman, Superman Returns (even if I didn't like it), The Man of Steel, Justice League (the Snyder cut), Watchmen, all of the El Santo/Blue Demon movies...
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And Ezra Miller gets nailed for burglary immediately ::)

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/ezra-miller-burglary-the-flash-vermont-1235336304/

I heard rumors last week that more bad news about him were about to come out (this happened on May, 1st but only now he was charged). I honestly expected worse.

If the final quote is true, they plan on going ahead with The Flash, IIRC Batgirl and Supergirl were to be setup in that movie, so what gives?

They can re-shoot the parts with Ezra Miller with another actor, as I wrote. This would cost about $100 millions. Re: introducing Batgirl and Supergirl, since you are reshooting big chunks of the movie anyway just cut those parts. They already have to cut Batgirl.
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Also how many of this fucker are there?

The first comment I heard was "Well, after all he is the Flash!" The second one was "They are they, so there is a lot of them." :D

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Yeah, they could reshoot the movie, that would mean they are confident enough it will make well over 800 million.

Have you seen the hit pieces for the cancellation of superlatinx? Can you imagine the media shitstorm if they cut Miller from the movie?

Well, given the ammount's of crimes he is commiting, it sure looks like there's a ton of them.
Clearly, the public is crying out for a classic Latino superhero. One who needs no introduction, no backstory to fill in.

Summer 2023...

SPEEDY GONZALES.

I'm all for it, but it would never be made, or it would be changed to not offend the white gringo progressives.

There's a clear option they could use, one that has a cult following even in europe and that would rope in all the Wrestling fans: Santo El Enmascarado de Plata.
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I'm all for it, but it would never be made, or it would be changed to not offend the white gringo progressives.


Of course not because they are called gringos, they would be offended on behalf of all the imaginary intersectional "Latinx folks".

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all of the El Santo/Blue Demon movies...

What about Super Argo?  8)

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Meanwhile Ezra is the gift that keeps giving...

https://people.com/movies/police-looking-for-woman-and-her-kids-who-were-staying-with-ezra-miller/

...Which could finally have some consequences for "The Flash".

https://gizmodo.com/the-flash-ezra-miller-film-cancelled-release-date-1849400194

The money quote:

"The Hollywood Reported additionally stated that Miller did participate in reshoots for the film over the summer, in between their arrests."

...Which for a moment made me think: they arrested... reshoots??
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Meanwhile Ezra is the gift that keeps giving...

https://people.com/movies/police-looking-for-woman-and-her-kids-who-were-staying-with-ezra-miller/

...Which could finally have some consequences for "The Flash".

https://gizmodo.com/the-flash-ezra-miller-film-cancelled-release-date-1849400194

The money quote:

"The Hollywood Reported additionally stated that Miller did participate in reshoots for the film over the summer, in between their arrests."

...Which for a moment made me think: they arrested... reshoots??

Someone should have locked this loon the moment the video of him slamming and choking the woman appeared.

Praying the kids are found safe and sound and taken away from their loon mother.

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Never give the likes of Gizmodo clicks, use archive dot is

https://archive.is/FWixa
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The money quote:

"The Hollywood Reported additionally stated that Miller did participate in reshoots for the film over the summer, in between their arrests."

...Which for a moment made me think: they arrested... reshoots??

Well done, sir.

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Looks like the new DC/Discovery directives are just as spineless and/or drunk with the koolaid as the previous.

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Looks like the new DC/Discovery directives are just as spineless and/or drunk with the koolaid as the previous.



Here they talk about an article on MovieWeb that says how the test audiences though that Leslie Jones was fine as Batgirl. Considered that the article lied on everything, I'm not sure even about that. Things I know that are lies after reading it:

"Although, some reports suggest that the test audience score of Batgirl was the same as that of Black Adam and Shazam! Fury of the Gods, but WBD just didn’t want to spend any more money on the film to tweak it..."

No, "Batgirl" scored very badly, the other two movies scored fine. If I know this, MovieWeb knows this. Also, they are the first to admit that "some reports suggest..." You can say this and then write like if it is Truth Revealed.

"The unprecedented move has shocked not only the fans but also the film industry, with everyone wondering how a studio could scrap a movie as big as Batgirl and still keep its financials intact. WBD will apparently receive a tax write-off for Batgirl."

Not "apparently". It is known that the opportunity to receive tax write-offs is allowed by the merger and it will close at the end of August. Even I mentioned it here. Also, you wonder how a studio can "shockingly" scrap a movie this big and then you explain how they can.

"But as the studio continues to clean house, its controversial decisions have taken a hit on its reputation, and WBD seems to be in damage control mode now."

Simply untrue. The Twatterati are screaming, no one else bothers. No, this is unfair. A lot of people do bother. As in "Maybe we are seeing the beginning of the end for woke Hollywood."

As reported by Variety, new Warner Bros. Pictures Group chiefs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy are "seeking to mend fences with Batgirl star Leslie Grace." They want her to continue playing Batgirl/Barbara Gordon in future DC projects or at least star in another Warner Bros. production.

Click on that "Variety" link and you will find another article that lies about everything. Interestingly, they also say that the test scores for "Batgirl" were not good. MovieWeb didn't bother to even read what hey linked. This is how you catch people lying.

And what are we saying here? "We would be happy to work with Leslie Jones again." This is normal bureauspeak. Maybe they are even honest and it will be Leslie Jones who will say "After the last time, no, thanks."

"Grace probably won’t star in any other movie either or work with the studio again, nor should she, especially after such horrible treatment."

Lo?! You are the first who understands the situation?

"In the unlikely case that Grace decides to play Batgirl again, it would have to be in a supporting role or a cameo since greenlighting another solo movie could take years and frankly isn’t a viable option either. [...] So, it’s safe to say that Batgirl won’t be making her live-action film debut anytime soon."

...Which is the most amazing part, as, at the end, not only they finally tell the truth but prove that they knew the truth from the beginning. The rest is gaslighting.
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Here they talk about an article on MovieWeb that says how the test audiences though that Leslie Jones was fine as Batgirl.
I think I know why they cancelled it.

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Here they talk about an article on MovieWeb that says how the test audiences though that Leslie Jones was fine as Batgirl.
I think I know why they cancelled it.

 8)

Too much Leslies in my life right now :(

I was lucky. I didn't write "Grace Jones"...
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Ezra Miller says he's truly sowy he got caugh being a violent mysogynist, groomer, thief and probably pedo.

So of course Warner is going to release The Flash and the violent nutjob will take part on promoting it.

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Supposedly, Zazlab said that cancelling Batgirl will save them $20 million in taxes. Can anyone explain how this work?

I don't see why the costs associated with the movie wouldn't be tax deductible in the first place. The only thing I can think of is that since the movie was scheduled for 2023, cancelling the movie in 2022 means they put all the loss on their 2022 returns. I've seen other companies do this. When you know that you are going to take a loss, moving losses from next year to this years means you have one really bad year, but the following year will look better.

IOW, better to lose $70 million in 2022 when you have tons of losses already than lose $50 million next year when you are supposedly recovering.

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Supposedly, Zazlab said that cancelling Batgirl will save them $20 million in taxes. Can anyone explain how this work?

They didn't say much. Basically, since there has been a merger the new management can cancel projects born under the previous management and take a tax deduction (or something similar: this is not my field). They also said that the "window" for doing this will close at the end of August.

Zaslav, for sure, is cutting things left and right. There is an ongoing bloodbath at Warner.
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