Batgirl's Cancellation Is A Consequence Of WB's Bad DCEU Planning
Warner Bros. Discovery's shocking cancellation of Batgirl is a tragic consequence of the DCEU's mismanagement by multiple Warner Bros. administrations over the past decade. The DCEU has been in a weird position for a few years, failing to commit to a particular plan and constantly announcing DC movies that never actually happened. After years of mistakes, Batgirl is now bearing the brunt of the effort to save the DC movie brand.
The Batgirl movie was initially announced Joss Whedon attached as writer and director in March 2017, just a few months before it was revealed he would replace Zack Snyder on Justice League prior to extensive rewrites and reshoots. After the failure of Justice League, Whedon stepped away from Batgirl and the DCEU would remain in a state of general confusion for several years. Eventually, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah were tapped to make a new Batgirl movie, but thanks to massive shifts in DCEU plans and studio priorities, Batgirl is being completely axed with no plans for any kind of release despite being deep in post-production.
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It's tragic for anyone to put so much time into a movie that doesn't see the light of day, but thanks to years of bad planning and studio mismanagement, the new Warner Bros. Discovery team finally made the kind of hard call the DCEU has needed for years, with Batgirl, unfortunately, bearing the costly consequences of years of WB's mistakes.
It seems like the DCEU has always been in a state of chaos, but back in 2016 there was actually a plan in place for a full slate of interconnected movies spinning out of Zack Snyder's Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which were both divisive films, but
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