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In the film industry, it’s easy to get stuck in a “what if”. This is especially true now that hundreds of projects are greenlit every month, most of which are never completed.

In an industry currently obsessed with superheroes, there are plenty of movies that never see the light of day. Most recently, following ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ fans were able to learn more about Sam Raimi’s long-cancelled ‘Spider-Man 4’ rumors and Andrew Garfield’s canceled ‘The Amazing Spider-Man.’ I am obsessed with following up. 2”, and fans are now begging for it to be made.

We’ve even seen fans eager to create a tangible product with “Zack Snyder’s Justice League.”

Going even further back, at some point most of us have come across the infamous photo of Nicolas Cage wearing a Superman suit in Tim Burton’s Superman Live. Films that have been sealed since the 90s have even made documentaries about them, still creating an obsession with what it was like. There is one thing that ties all of the aforementioned movies (with the exception of “Zack Snyder’s Justice League”).

But what if these movies are fully shot and in post-production? People are even more eager to get their hands on some. This was the case with Warner Bros. Studio’s recently canned “Batgirl,” which was due to be released on HBO Max later this year.

This caused an immediate uproar on the Internet, with fans devising ways the film could be released sooner and even suggesting employees working on the film’s post-production leak the whole thing online. , why did this happen? What could a studio gain by canceling a film that reportedly had a budget of nearly $90 million?

First, Warner Bros., with its new CEO, David Zaslav, has made significant changes to the company’s leadership. Variety reported that he decided to cancel the film because it did not align with the interests of the company’s shift to prioritizing theatrical releases over streaming.

This new leadership wants to create higher-budget projects that are comparable to Marvel Studios’ current models.$90 million, according to reports The film had little chance of recouping its budget with a theatrical release or HBO Max release. It is likely that it would be more profitable for the company to receive tax breaks for not doing so.

Zaslav has revealed that he runs his company prioritizing profit and business strategy over creativity. Warner says this isn’t surprising, or even illogical, considering Brothers is actually a multi-billion dollar company. But it’s simply insulting to go so far into the production of hundreds of people’s work that isn’t even worth releasing, to give it a big check instead of even the slightest validation of the crew’s creative efforts.

$90 million is nothing to scoff at, but one might think that a company with over $33 billion can afford to earn slightly less than it wants to honor the efforts of the filmmakers involved.

The events surrounding this unprecedented move from Warner Bros. represent a major problem in the film industry today. Most big studios are trying to compete with the likes of Disney, and every movie costs about $100 million or more. It creates a business model that suggests that if a movie doesn’t make an astronomical sum of money near $1 billion, it’s not a success.

A recent example can be seen in Disney/Pixar’s “Lightyear,” which earned over $200 million at the box office this summer. However, the production budget was also his $200 million, so it is considered a fiasco for the studio. The business model of spending these insane sums of money on every movie and trying to position them all as gigantic events that no one can miss is simply unsustainable. You can’t expect every movie to work this way, even Disney, which is.

Warner Bros. is clearly trying to emulate Disney’s model, especially when it comes to superhero traits. But this is neither what the industry needs nor what people want. His DC branch of the studio offers a creative and unique take on the genre, with movies like Suicide Squad, Batman, and Joker offering what Marvel Studios hasn’t in recent years. is just beginning to shape itself to provide Year. They didn’t create an excruciatingly accurate world, but they did deliver a film driven by the creative freedom of the filmmaker. But with a change of leadership and the decision of “Batgirl”, this exciting era is rapidly fading away.

While many would love to see “Batgirl” come to light in some form, this could be a cornerstone moment for the streaming industry and the superhero genre as a whole. million, and is clearly sustained, as shows like Stranger Things and the upcoming Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power have budgets per season approaching or exceeding $300 million. It’s becoming an impossible model.

The industry’s focus on associating every release with an already popular property creates the expectation that the release will be the big moment everyone needs to stop and watch. 3 times a month, the market becomes saturated and each subsequent release becomes less and less exciting. And when a company like Warner Bros. reveals that these projects, no matter how massive they may seem, could soon be discontinued, we can’t be optimistic.

The contact information for staff reporter Zaden Dennis is: [email protected] You can see his other reviews at letterboxd.com/Zadenator.

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