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Professionals in a dark corporate meeting room, with a man standing at the head of the table. A screen behind him displays "STRATEGIC SHIFT" and Warner Bros. logos.

Professionals in a dark corporate meeting room, with a man standing at the head of the table. A screen behind him displays "STRATEGIC SHIFT" and Warner Bros. logos.

Warner Bros. Discovery cancelled the nearly completed $90 million Batgirl movie in August 2022, a move described by directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah as the biggest disappointment of their careers. The decision was driven by a strategic shift toward theatrical releases over streaming-first films and to take a tax write-off, rendering the film unreleasable. YouTube YouTube +4 Key Details on the Cancellation: The Decision: CEO David Zaslav aimed for a theatrical-first strategy, deeming the film not suitable for that scale. Heartbroken Team: Directors expressed they were "saddened and shocked" and felt the audience was deprived of judging it themselves. Cast and Content: The movie starred Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, with Brendan Fraser as Firefly, J.K. Simmons, and Michael Keaton as Batman. No Release: Because it was used as a tax write-off, the film cannot be officially released in any form. YouTube YouTube +4 The film was intended for HBO Max, but became a casualty of a larger restructuring of the DC universe. Ver más