It’s a mess, so let’s get into it.
On Tuesday afternoon, news broke that Warner Bros. Discovery had shelved Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt. The cancellations of the two completed feature films came as a shock to the industry, and everyone wants to know what is going on.
Several threads are being pulled at the moment that caused Warner Bros. Discovery to make this choice, but the move to cancel these two films amounts to the rejection of past WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar’s strategy to make original films for HBO Max.
It was an unusual decision to scrap a $90 million film made by Ms. Marvel and Black directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. While there are speculations that Batgirl did not meet Warner Bros. Discovery’s expectations, the truth lies in the studio’s radical strategy shift. Let’s get into it.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
