‘Batgirl’ Movie Axing Spawns Hilarious #HBOMaxJustCanceled Trend
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe recent decision by Warner Bros. Discovery to shelve the nearly finished DC superhero movie “Batgirl” left fans confused and outraged.
But it has also yielded a trove of fantastic memes.The $90 million Warner Bros. production, starring Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, won’t be released theatrically or on HBO Max, or anywhere else.
Why? The media conglomerate determined that taking a tax write-off for “Batgirl” (and the animated “Scoob!: Holiday Haunt”) made more financial sense than releasing it commercially, Variety reported.“We’re not going to launch a movie to make a quarter and we’re not going to put a movie out unless we believe in it,” WBD chief David Zaslav said on the company’s earnings call last week, responding to a question about the “Batgirl” cancellation.
It’s a cost-cutting move under the company, formed earlier this year by Discovery’s acquisition of WarnerMedia, at it looks to rein in content expenses.
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