BatgirlBrendan Fraser, the star of the film’s superhero character, describes the cancellation as “tragic.”
Interview with VarietyFraser spoke out about Warner Bros’ decision to cancel the film. Discovery.
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“It’s tragic. It doesn’t engender trust among filmmakers and the studio,” he said.
The actor also mentioned Leslie Grace saying she was “fantastic”. She’s a dynamo, just a spot-on performer,” he said.
Fraser was originally set to play Firefly (the movie’s antagonist).
Warner Bros. merger. After the Warner Bros. – Discovery merger BatgirlIt was abruptly canceled August.
David Zaslav (WB Discovery CEO) reiterated the reasons why the film was rejected, despite not having any information. This follows claims that audiences were disappointed by a test screening.
He said, “We’re not going to release any film before it’s ready. We’re not going to release a film to make a quarter, we’re not going to release a film — the focus is going to be, how do we make each of these films, in general, as good as possible. But DC is something that we think we could make better, and we’re focused on it now.”
Fraser claims, however, that Batgirl It was still a film with a large budget.
Speaking about the shooting experience, he said, “Everything that we shot was real and exciting and just the antithesis of doing a straightforward digital all-green screen thing. They had fire engines and flamethrowers, and they ran fire trucks through downtown Glasgow at three in the morning. It was a big-budget movie, but one that was just stripped down to the essentials.”
BatgirlOriginally, the movie was planned to stream on HBO Max. Instead, the movie was released theatrically.
It is believed that Zaslav and other executives thought it did not have the mass appeal of a comic book movie, and this led to its cancellation.
“This idea of expensive films going direct to streaming: we cannot find an economic case for it. It has no economic value. So we’re making a strategic shift…Our focus will be on the theatrical,” Zaslav said.
Fraser was certain that the movie was going well.
He continued his praises for the directors of The BatgirlMovie, Adil El Abbi and Bilall Fallsah. He stated, “Everything Adil and Bilall shot felt real-life and exciting.”
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