Doubtful. It'll likely just end up at HBO proper. Supposedly this executive team was very high on Reeves. If anyone has close to a blank check to do whatever they want at Warner Bros right now, it might be Reeves and Reeves alone.
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Batgirl film cancelled: No plans to release film on HBO Max or Theaters
- Thread starter MrPink
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James Wan. He's made them endless stacks of cash between the Conjuring universe and o er a billion alone with Aquaman. They even let him make Malignant out of it, so they'll let him do anything considering Aquaman 2 will probably print money like the first.
nuts. i wonder if they'll release it in 10 years when zaslav is gone and they're starving for just anything to put up
View: https://twitter.com/animationonmax/status/1554591375898906630?s=21&t=Xkr8CFd4wlycO0uNOvheEQ
That's another $40 mil, essentially complete, production, flushed down the drain. I can't imagine HBO Max is long for this world.
Eh, if Zazlav is looking to save money then something like Penguin, which will clearly be very expensive, would be a likely candidate for the chopping block.
Unless it's already rolling cameras I don't have confidence in most of the announced Max series as making it to air.
Well it's not everyday a 100 million dollar film almost finished gets canned, in fact, this is pretty much the first time. And then another movie was cancelled that was finished.
then there are rumors about HBO Max getting axed. With all the moves Discovery are making killing HBO Max exclusive shows lately, people are worried. They have also ended pretty much all the DC tv shows with just a few exceptions. So a lot of conversation going on here, not just about Batgirl.
True.
And I don't think any of the Conjuring-verse films flopped, so they're a solid bet for them probably.
Nah, by this time next year this won't be nearly as talked as it is right now, probably even forgotten by most of the people talking about it now. Other big releases and situations like The Flash will take way more space in DC conversations.
It is a damn shame that they didn't release it but they knew that they were not going to be hurt by it at all.
How reliable is this insider? Haven't we had several insider provide wrong info? but for this case two different sources stating similar things might make it more credible than usual. And this case, HBO max is basically fucked. I guess we can't have nice things for too long. Would probably cancel after Westworld ends it's season.
There's a bunch of Max originals that have been sitting in development hell since HBO Max's creation like Circe
deadline.com
‘Circe’ Fantasy Drama From Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver Based On Novel Gets HBO Max Series Order
Streamer HBO Max has given an 8-episode straight-to-series order to Circe, a drama series adaptation of Madeline Miller’s bestseller of the same name.
deadline.com
There's a bunch of Max originals that have been sitting in development hell since HBO Max's creation like Circe
‘Circe’ Fantasy Drama From Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver Based On Novel Gets HBO Max Series Order
Streamer HBO Max has given an 8-episode straight-to-series order to Circe, a drama series adaptation of Madeline Miller’s bestseller of the same name.
Oh wow, I love that book and had no idea this was even a thing.
I actually agree and that's so sad. Morale at WB must be at a freefall
I doubt WB will still exist in 10 years at this rate.
Optimistic of you to expect a Superman movie.
You don't even have to care about anything here specifically - Batgirl, DC, comic book movies in general, HBO as a whole - to kind of appreciate how massive this story is in the industry. This is not something that happens every day, and Batgirl is going to forever be some mythical "what if?" story because of this.
A lot of movies go through development hell and never come close to seeing the light of day. But it's very unusual for a movie this expensive to actually finish principal photography, have the cast start marketing it, and then trash the entire thing. It's just not something you see.
Rip AEW on HBO Max 😭
Would have got more eye on it than Discover+ will
Eh, Scooby-Doo is a classic character/franchise that has had a current TV show and/or movie for basically as long as it's been around. Yeah, Scoob! was a bad Scooby-Doo movie that was actually a bad Blue Falcon movie (and yet somehow had a decent take on Dick Dastardy, also not a Scooby character). So while people weren't necessarily excited for the sequel to Scoob!, I'm certainly gonna miss seeing something new from the property.
(And after all this I don't have great hopes for the franchise, or anything from WB/CN/HB, moving forward)
Who watches Discovery channels these days? I think a while ago I watched it for a bit and it was all really bad reality TV. I remember 10-20 years ago they had so many great shows. So sad. Now they are infecting HBO and WB.
So are even successful HBO Max originals like Peacemaker and Harley Quinn on the chopping block or will they just become HBO channel shows?
Jeez. Batgirl could have been as much as $90 mil and now this $40 mil project too.
I'm not feeling good about HBO Max's future if they are willing to just cancel and have completed projects locked away in the vault, never to be seen.
Peacemaker is a known bit hit and Gunn said it's safe so it probably is.
What rumors? Was this discussed before in the thread?
edit: I just saw at least from a few pages ago... if that's true they're really screwing over HBO period much less what ever would be left of "hbo max"
They need to hand the keys to James Gunn and let him make a Scooby-Doo: Reunion
Most sources are specifically pointing out that this has nothing to do with quality.
I think we're just getting into semantics here. I get and agree with what you're saying about it being in a weird spot being a HBO max movie with nearly a theatrical budget but not the production values you would expect. And the new management wanting different things from Max. But I still think you don't get to the point you're making that decision with a movie about a popular character that's essentially done unless it came out pretty bad.
Sorry I meant to quote the person who said the endgame was for each big network to have streaming as just a side service.
Crazy about the movie. About the hbo rumours I don't care. I mean it's a shame but other streamers will pick up the content like apple and whatnot. Which I'm fine with. But it's a damn shame what theyre doing with properties they own.
Tearing it all down for a reboot or maybe even a sale. Even something like The Batman 2 isnt confirmed yet
The CEO doesn't give a shit as they are usually pushed out when a deal like this happens. Probably got a premium for their share of the company.
The Rehearsal Season Final: Nathan tricks the new HBO head into renewing The Rehearsal for 8 seasons more.
Poor Brendan, Hollywood just refuses to give the man a chance.
How I imagine Zaslav right now:
..to the IRS.
How I imagine Zaslav right now:
..to the IRS.
His already tweeted. He knows Peacemaker season 2 is safe. As is I imagine anything else his coming up with for WB/DC
Let's not chicken little everything.
Imagine if Doom Patrol ends up being another casualty in this mess.
Scoob getting cancelled absolutely baffles me. I can get (though hate) that Batgirl was in a weird spot where they didn't want to spend more to get it finished, but if Scoob was nearly done how the hell wouldn't it have made it's budget back for $40-80 mil? Like, it's a kids movie with an iconic franchise character, it would have made decent money worldwide + toys and later TV ad sales.
Peacemaker is probably safe thanks to Gunn, I fear for Harley Quinn, though.
Peacemaker is probably safe thanks to Gunn, I fear for Harley Quinn, though.