Except for a few, the news took almost everyone in Hollywood by surprise: Warner, a company that is now Warner Bros. Discovery after its merger, announced that it will not release, neither in theaters nor on its platforms, “Batgirl” (“ Batgirl”) the adaptation of the DC Comics character starring Leslie Grace alongside Michael Keaton as Batman. “We are sad and shaken by the news. We still can’t believe it,” directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah wrote on Instagram. The film was already shot, and only needed to add some special effects. The decision to shelve a $90 million “Batgirl” movie, some insiders said, appears to have been due to a change in corporate strategy following the merger of Warner Bros. and Discovery. Warner Bros. had promised to make movies that could go directly to HBO Max, as part of an effort to boost subscribers in the increasingly competitive streaming industry, but the decision appears to have been reversed after the alliance with Discovery. Variety quoted industry insiders who said “Batgirl” wasn’t dazzling enough for a theatrical release, with its expensive marketing requirements, while also being financially too much for streaming.
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