Canceled by Warner Bros, Batgirl, the film with a budget of 90 million dollars, offers itself “a funeral screening”

Batgirl will probably never be released on the big screen or on the HBO Max streaming platform, but before falling into definitive oblivion, a small group of privileged people will be able to see the film during a secret screening at the Warner Bros. office. This is the surprising information revealed by HollywoodReporter . The chosen few are the people who worked on the film, the cast and crew, and the executives and reps. A source revealed to the media that it is a “funeral projection” before the film goes to rest in a vault forever.

On August 2, the world of cinema learned with amazement of the cancellation of the DC comics film which had enjoyed a budget of 90 million dollars and whose post-production had begun. Several industry experts had declared that this decision was unprecedented for a film of this magnitude.

Streaming and cinema

The reasons put forward are those of a change in the policy of the Warner Bros Discovery; IThe film is considered too expensive for a streaming platform and not spectacular enough for the cinema. HollywoodReporter reveals, however, that the reason would be economic, the removal would allow the giant of the sector to benefit from a tax reduction. (The CEO of the newly merged company is looking to save $3 billion).

It remains that the film made more talk for its removal than for itself. Warner could destroy the images to show its good faith to the American tax authorities but some fans hope that the feature film will have the same end as Justice League . Another abandoned superhero movie before seeing the light of day years later. Even if this option makes impossible the reduction of tax which the suppression of film allows.

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