10 Diabolical Movie Mistakes You Won't Believe They Made TWICE
2. Cancelling Movies For Tax Write-Offs - Warner Bros. Discovery
Headlines were made in 2022 when Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it was cancelling plans to release its upcoming Batgirl movie on HBO Max.
Or anywhere else, for that matter.
Batgirl, which had been due for release that year, was set to star Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon and feature a host of big stars like J.K. Simmons, Brendan Fraser, and Michael Keaton returning to the role of Batman.
The studio also revealed that it would also be cancelling Scoob! Holiday Haunt, an animated picture about younger versions of the Scooby-Doo gang. One year later, Coyote vs. Acme, a legal comedy about Wile E. Coyote from the world of Looney Tunes, became the third casualty of WBD’s cost-cutting crusade.
It was bad enough that Batgirl, a big-budget project with plenty of name value, was canned, but if WBD isn't careful, it's in real risk of ruining a once-prestigious studio's reputation - if that isn't the case already.
How does WB expect audiences to get excited about upcoming movies when they know there’s every chance they might never actually see them? Moreover, how does the company keep getting away with it?