[arista]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...n-final-stages


Those Pesky Test Screenings, again.
I blame Brendan Fraser.

Not even online, view of this bad film


Was reported on GMBHD itv


[The previously announced Batgirl film
starring In the Heights actor Leslie Grace,
Michael Keaton and Brendan Fraser
will not be released at all, Warner Bros Discovery
has unexpectedly announced,
despite shooting already being
completed and the film being in post-production.

Directed by Ms Marvel directors
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, the film was
initially greenlit in 2021 as part of a
wider move at Warner Bros to
create feature films specifically for the
streaming service HBO Max.
But the studio confirmed on Tuesday that
the film would never get any release,
either theatrically or on HBO Max.]



Sign Of The Times

[Oliver_W]

That's a shame. I love Babs, and it looked like the movie was gonna be loosely based on Batgirl Year One, which is great.

[Niamh.]

Why is it Brendan Fraisers fault?

[Oliver_W]

At this point I don't see why they don't just finish it and dump it on streaming. Like, frankly, plenty of shyte movies are released all the time so if quality can't be the issue.

It can't be the money, because just binning the movie would be more money down the drain than finishing something that (they think) sucks.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Why is it Brendan Fraisers fault?

He is a Jinx

[Zizu]

Maybe it’s step too far ?

Batman was enough

They haven’t done SpiderBoy or Iron Woman ... yet ..


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[arista]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

At this point I don't see why they don't just finish it and dump it on streaming. Like, frankly, plenty of shyte movies are released all the time so if quality can't be the issue.

It can't be the money, because just binning the movie would be more money down the drain than finishing something that (they think) sucks.

Because the Test Screening
left them shocked as well.


The Film must have some scenes
that are disturbing in the wrong way


The Producers failed
to guide it.

[arista]

Warners Discovery group
are cutting anything that damages them


Like CNN + cost millions to set up

But W.D. deleted it.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Maybe it’s step too far ?

Batman was enough

They haven’t done SpiderBoy or Iron Woman ... yet ..


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There's been a Miles Morales (animated) film and there's gonna be another. There'll also be Ironheart in the MCU.

Also, Batgirl has existed for decades.

[arista]

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav

is not wasting money
any more

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by arista

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav

is not wasting money
any more

Not releasing an almost finished movie is a waste of ~90,000,000 ... Whereas just uploading to their server would cost almost nothing.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Not releasing an almost finished movie is a waste of ~90,000,000 ... Whereas just uploading to their server would cost almost nothing.

They are not happy with the movie.
As the Backers, they have the right
to halt it.


He is the New Joint CEO
so he could not stop the film early
as was not there.

[arista]

Watch him talk about CNN+ getting Deleted
4mins
He loves their HBO Max numbers

Youtube video

He looked at the Data


Scrap the buggers


He has the Power
to Kill a Film.

He looks like a Hard CEO Aged 62
from that fast 4mins, interview

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

There's been a Miles Morales (animated) film and there's gonna be another. There'll also be Ironheart in the MCU.

Also, Batgirl has existed for decades.

I’ve heard of Supergirl


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[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by arista

He is a Jinx

Poor Brendan, he's had a bad run of it, I hope things turn around for him

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Zizu

I’ve heard of Supergirl


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Well I'm a comics nerd I guess I can see what you mean by a "step too far" for someone who doesn't really know all the characters, when it comes to established characters being changed for so-called woke reasons, but Batgirl isn't one of them.

Originally Posted by arista

They are not happy with the movie.
As the Backers, they have the right
to halt it.


He is the New Joint CEO
so he could not stop the film early
as was not there.

They released Birds of Prey they don't mind releasing things which are garbage.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Well I'm a comics nerd I guess I can see what you mean by a "step too far" for someone who doesn't really know all the characters, when it comes to established characters being changed for so-called woke reasons, but Batgirl isn't one of them.


They released Birds of Prey they don't mind releasing things which are garbage.

I really liked Birds of Prey!

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I really liked Birds of Prey!

Yes a Top Australian Actress/Producer
making sure the film gets awards


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Robbie


Even an Extended Version


Warner Bros. Discovery
Love her.

[bitontheslide]

the new boss of the company wants to concentrate on theatrical films

[arista]

STV1HD reports Batgirl
parts film in Scotland
is canned


Filmed in February in Glasgow.

[Oliver_W]

I've been reading around, and apparently if a film is completely "shelved" the studio can write it off on their taxes, so essentially they waste no money at all BUT if they do that the movie can't have any kind of release ever. Though in this day and age, it will probably leak in some form, even if not as the finished movie.

But how bad must it be if the studio doesn't even think they'll break even, and that it's more financially viable to just get their money back

Plus there's the part about a shyte film "damaging their brand".

[arista]

[Speculation that the film’s quality
was the determining factor behind the call
not to let anyone see it has been questioned
by some.
Some have alleged the reasoning rests
on the tax write-off from burying the film
outweighing potential profits from releasing it,
particularly given the heavy
marketing spend required for promotion.

Some have also suggested that the studio
was unhappy with the scope of the film,
which had been conceived for HBO Max,
rather than matching its recent blockbusters.

On Wednesday, Batgirl directors Adil El Arbi
and Bilall Fallah said they were “saddened
and shocked” by the news.

“We still can’t believe it,” wrote the pair,
whose previous credits include
Bad Boys for Life. “As directors, it is critical that
our work be shown to audiences,
and while the film was far from finished,
we wish that fans all over the world would
have had the opportunity to see and
embrace the final film themselves.
Maybe one day they will insha’Allah.”]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...s-cancellation

[arista]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I've been reading around, and apparently if a film is completely "shelved" the studio can write it off on their taxes, so essentially they waste no money at all BUT if they do that the movie can't have any kind of release ever. Though in this day and age, it will probably leak in some form, even if not as the finished movie.

But how bad must it be if the studio doesn't even think they'll break even, and that it's more financially viable to just get their money back

Plus there's the part about a shyte film "damaging their brand".

But this is the Movie Business.

Glasgow Council
has not yet payed Warners
£150,000 to help bring the film to there
city.

(STV1HD last night)

So that is good, they can Piss off

[bitontheslide]

I thought american companies were driven by focus groups. They would have known from the outset how this film was going to be received. There is a lot more to this story than meets the eye is my opinion

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

I thought american companies were driven by focus groups. They would have known from the outset how this film was going to be received. There is a lot more to this story than meets the eye is my opinion

Yes the Story
was all wrong.


Reports say