Wonder Twins Movie Reportedly Cancelled Due To Budget
The planned live-action Wonder Twins movie was cancelled due to budgetary concerns, according to a new report. The Wonder Twins are a brother-sister duo named Zan and Jayna who hail from the planet Exxor and have the ability to shapeshift into just about anything. The duo first appeared in the DC All-New Super Friends Hour animated series before making their debut on the comic page. The Wonder Twins eventually travel to Earth where they meet up with various DC superheroes and eventually become members of the Justice League.
The Wonder Twins movie was announced back in February and was to be directed by Black Adam writer Adam Sztykiel and made specifically to debut on HBO Max. Shortly after the announcement of the film being in development, Riverdale star KJ Apa and 1883's Isabel May were cast as the leads. However, two weeks later, the Wonder Twins movie was reportedly cancelled without explanation, putting a halt to the planned filming start date in July. The abrupt cancellation came on the heels of the recent WB/Discovery merger and now a new report sheds some more light on what happened.
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According to WSJ, the presiding factor for the cancellation of the Wonder Twins movie had to do with budgetary concerns. CEO of Warner Discovery David Zaslav has been reported by insiders as wanting to do a major overhaul on the DC slate of films and this latest move appears to be part of that. Zaslav is apparently «undoing» the previous WB programming strategy, specifically as it pertains to original movies for HBO Max. Wonder Twins is one of the first casualties of that, as Zaslav determined that the live-action feature's budget of $75 million was too high and
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