Actress Leslie Grace at the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2021. Grace starred in Bat girl – which the studio has shelved forever.
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Actress Leslie Grace at the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2021. Grace starred in Bat girl – which the studio has shelved forever.
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In a move that shocked Hollywood observers because of the huge amount of money wasted, Warner Bros. Discovery announced Tuesday that it is shelving any plans to release the nearly completed film. Bat girlstarring actress Leslie Grace.
The movie that was originally planned with a $75 million budget jumped to $90 million, due to COVID-related delays. It was directed by the duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, whose credits include the 2020 Will Smith and Martin Lawrence car. Ugly for life as well as the recent Disney+ series Ms. Marvel.
In a statement reported by multiple media sources, a spokesperson for Warner Bros. wrote: “Decided not to release Bat girl reflects our management’s change of strategy as it relates to the DC universe and HBO Max. Leslie Grace is an incredibly talented actress and this decision is not a reflection of her performance. “
Warner Bros. did not respond to a request for comment from NPR.
On Tuesdays, the trade magazine Diversity report that the film was planned under the direction of WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar and Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff, and was scheduled for an initial release on the HBO Max streaming platform. . Since then, David Zaslav has become the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery is newly formed and has reversed plans for their first streaming company. Fate of Bat girlbased on Diversity, seem to have been tied up in those strategic wars.
When Bat girl The news was first reported, however, it passed New York Post — and an anonymous source told the newspaper that was blamed for poor audience testing. “They think an unspeakable thing Bat girl won’t be repairable,” the source told parcel.
At the same time Bat girl met with the ax of public opinion, the studio also announced that the film Scoob !: Holiday Haunting was also shelved. It is the sequel to the 2020 movie Scoob!among them Diversity Written in her review: “These are trying times and parents can be grateful to have a virtual babysitter to distract their child for 90 minutes, in which case, Scoob! definitely more effective than letting them sit in front of the aquarium. “
