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It's possible that Batgirl was cursed. After taking the helm of the movie a year later, he said he didn't have a story to tell. The writer of Birds of Prey signed on to write. After Bad Boys for Life filmmakers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah took over directing, the movie finally went into production with In the Heights starLeslie Grace playing Barbara Gordon. Warner Bros canned it.
The studio won't be sending the movie straight to streaming because it was a multi-million dollar movie. The movie was supposed to be a theatrical release. Batgirl won't see the light of day because it won't debut in either format or in a hybrid release like the studio did last year. The New York Post reported that audiences at test screenings didn't like the film and it was "irredeemable." El Arbi and Fallah said they were stunned by the news. The duo said that it was important for them to have their work seen by the audience.
The $43 billion Warner Bros.-Discovery merger, which closed in April, is believed to have been the reason for Batgirl's demise. It's possible that it's not the only one. The newly formed outfit seems intent on taking a blowtorch to it after spending a year beefing up the content on the service. As news of Batgirl's demise spread, it was said that burying the film would allow the studio to take a tax write-down in order to recover some of its production costs. The company wants to focus on theatrical releases in the future. Moonshot and The Witches vanished from the platform as the week went on.
In the summer of 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery will be merging the two channels into one streaming service. Quality over quantity is what Zaslav wants to emphasize in terms of programming.
A new focus on theatrical might thrill directors like Denis Villeneuve, but it doesn't diminish the fact that there is an extensive, impressive catalog of offerings. It has become the home of Crap You Love. Warner Bros., the studio that pumped 70 million more dollars into Justice League, decided that Batgirl was not worth releasing. The company is putting new focus on making its DC films better, but they haven't all been hits yet, according to Zaslav. It's a good idea to have a more cohesive slate of DC movies, but it's not a good idea to save money when fans will love it. Everyone would have liked Batgirl. Some people don't like a lot of things in the show, but that doesn't mean they're not loyal, ardent viewers. Max stands out because it takes big swings on stuff that doesn't look like it was made by an algorithm. Sometimes it's a Sex and the City remake, sometimes it's Succession, and sometimes it's Dune.
The announcement of the merger of HBO Max and Discovery+ into a single streaming service seems rich. Crap You Love is almost invented by Discovery+, as opposed to the other way around. In the company's quarterly presentation, it said that Discovery+ is a good viewing option. If the company really wants to focus on making hit shows, does that mean it's going to cut back on shows like Home Improvement? The return on investment is better. The institution that brought you Shark Week seems to have turned it into something else after putting real money behind smaller shows. The new interest in FBOY Island feels like a departure from the Kabletown style.
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