If you askKevin Smith, it’s a bunch of baloney that Warner Bros. Discovery has shelvedBatgirlwhen the film was pretty much already in the can. Months back,Batgirlhad finished filming and was deep into post-production with test screenings taking place. Days ago, it was reported that the movie had been axed with its release fully canceled, meaning fans will not get to seeBatgirlat all. It won’t have a streaming release nor will it be put into theaters, turning the project into “lost media.”
Filmmaker and comic book enthusiast Kevin Smith had some harsh words to say about the situation. Speaking about the cancelation on his YouTube account (viaComicbook.com), Smith suggested how this move paints the studio in a negative light as it’s a “bad look to cancel the LatinaBatgirlmovie.” There has been some speculation that the movie was pulled because it was of low quality, and while Smith doubts that this is true, he feels that the film should have been released regardless.
“It’s an incredibly bad look to cancel the LatinaBatgirlmovie. I don’t give a sht if the movie was absolute fcking dogsht, man, and I guarantee you that it wasn’t. The two directors who directed that movie did a couple of episodes ofMs. Marvel, and that was a wonderful fcking show, y’know. Great looking and they had more money to doBatgirlthan they had to do an episode ofMs. Marveland stuff.”
Smith goes on to argue that even if the film looked “cheap” compared to other superhero tentpole movies, it wouldn’t have made too much of a difference, pointing to the popularity ofArrowand its related shows on the CW. It has the filmmaker questioning if maybe there’s another reason behind the scenes that led to the cancelation, as he can’t help but feel leery about the official explanation.
“And also, I love all the CW shows, and the CW shows show their budgetary constraints, and the big complaint they said here was, ‘Oh well it isn’t big enough to be a fcking theatrical release, so… It looked too cheap because it was a 90 million dollar movie.’ How do you make a cheap looking 90 million dollar fcking movie? But if it looked anything, like, slightly better than an episode of f*ckingArrow, why couldn’t we have seen that? It feels like there’s more than just ‘We’re gonna save 20 million dollars,’ like, I don’t know, man.”
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Batgirl Has Been Buried by Warner Bros. Discovery
There have been many titles getting axed after the Warner Bros., Discovery merger with new strategies for upcoming content getting put into place. By far, however,Batgirlis the most shocking, given that it had been filmed and was already creating some buzz. Not only would the film have made history by starring a Latina actress as Barbara Gordon, it would have also surely had fans tuning in to see Brendan Fraser as Firely, Michael Keaton as Batman, and J.K. Simmons as James Gordon.
In any case,Batgirlhas been put on the shelf, leading fans to only wonder what could have been. It joinsScoob! Holiday Hauntas another film that was pretty much completed before its release was outright canceled.
