20 Failed Movie Plans That'll Ruin Your Day

20. The Cancelled Batgirl Movie

To start this list, why not a potentially great idea that actually came to life, only to then be destroyed before anyone was allowed to see it? 

A tragic, infuriating victim of corporate greed, DC's Batgirl movie had it all: a stellar cast headlined by a breakout Leslie Grace, supported by Michael Keaton (as Batman!), Brendan Fraser and J.K. Simmons; two stylish directors in Adil El Adil and Bilall Fallah; and, rather crucially, it really was a full movie. It had been shot, edited, marketed, the whole nine. 

But it didn't matter. Warner Bros Discovery, the film's producers and distributors, wrote Batgirl off for tax purposes, leaving whatever its cast and crew had created forever unseen by audiences. 

Was the film destined to be a masterpiece? Perhaps not. But deleting any art for profit should always be one of the greatest sins a production company could ever commit. Such a shame.