He just fired her, and replaced her with no one, deciding that what she had been doing simply did not need to be done by anyone.Īnd what was she doing? Well, Andrej says she was pushing Feminist Agenda into movies. Yesterday I reported that David Zaslav, CEO of Discovery Warner, had fired female CEO Ann Sarnov and had replaced her not with a White Man but with.
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Here's the backstory as to why Andrej from Midnight's Edge thinks that the real reason for the shelving is about the #Woke path the film was intended to commit the DC movie universe to. Probably the movie is terrible but so what? They're all terrible. Now, is this really being shelved because of poor audience reaction? Virtually every DC movie has been poorly received that hasn't stopped them from shitting these things out into American theaters. "We are leaving ClownWorld," I read that as meaning. "This is the end of DC as a hobby," the source said. Before they arrive, killing "Batgirl" is Step 1. Instead, power will be wielded by an all-controlling DC film production head who will attempt to turn things around. Soon, however, Wonder Woman won't be the one holding the golden lasso anymore. The current president of DC film production is Walter Hamada.ĭC urgently needs all the help it can get. With that in mind, WB is said to be searching for a head honcho to run the flailing DC Extended Universe and whip it into coherent shape, like Kevin Feige did with the far more successful Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is owned by Disney. The budget-conscious CEO, according to Variety, has split WB into multiple segments, including a reorganized "DC-based film production" group. Remember, he's the same guy who gave the $300 million streaming service CNN+ the ax just days after its splashy launch because it didn't snare enough subscribers. Shelving a multimillion-dollar effort would not be unusual for Zaslav, a ruthless cost-cutter.
The gingers - who are a real minority, of course - can't be happy about this, though. I guess maybe Hollywood figures if red hair is just used in comic books to indicate "some other color besides the usual ones," it's a fair move to change all the redheads to black or Hispanic. I sort of can explain this: In comic books, "redhead" is usually "the other other other color" to distinguish from the "main color" (brown hair) and "the other other color" (black hair) and "the other other color" (blond hair).
Disney does this too (The Little Mermaid). If you haven't heard of "Gingercide," it refers to Hollywood's weird insistence on race-swapping every single ginger in the comics to a black actor or sometimes a Hispanic one. for comment.īy the way, there was yet another race-swap in the casting, and another Gingercide.īarbara "Batgirl" Gordon, a white redhead in the comics, was made into a black (or half-black) girl. "They think an unspeakable 'Batgirl' is going to be irredeemable," the source said.
Those tests were said to be so poorly received by moviegoers that the studio decided to cut its losses and run, for the sake of the brand's future. The reportedly $70 million movie (the source said the budget was actually more than $100 million), which was doing test screenings for audiences in anticipation of a late 2022 debut, would rank among the most expensive cinematic castoffs ever. That means it won't hit theaters or the streaming service HBO Max. The DC Comics film "Batgirl" will be completely "shelved" by Warner Bros., a top Hollywood source told The Post. So Zaslev is putting a completed (or near-completed) film in the vault, forever.Īndrej from Midnight's Edge thinks that the "poor test screening reaction" story might be a cover story for what's really going on, but let's deal with the cover story for now. I heard a guy estimate that post-production costs could run maybe $80 million more.Īnd then advertising and prints could cost, well, a hundred or two hundred million, i they were going to run it in theaters.īut a source said the film was "unspeakable" and "irredeemable" - and likely to damage the DC Brand, which is already in the toilet. Especially with big "blockbuster" movies, and especially with big bad "blockbuster" movies, you probably need a two or more (maybe even six) weeks of reshoots with the cast and crew, which can get expensive. It had finished principle photography and was in post-production, where special effects and music and sound effects and editing would be completed.Īnd also, mostly likely, reshoots. Aug"Batgirl" Film Was Nearly Completed and Cost Between $70 and $100 Million, But Test Audiences Found It "Unspeakable"
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