‘Batgirl’ Movie Axing Spawns Hilarious #HBOMaxJustCanceled Trend

variety.com:

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe recent decision by Warner Bros. Discovery to shelve the nearly finished DC superhero movie “Batgirl” left fans confused and outraged.

But it has also yielded a trove of fantastic memes.The $90 million Warner Bros. production, starring Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, won’t be released theatrically or on HBO Max, or anywhere else.

Why? The media conglomerate determined that taking a tax write-off for “Batgirl” (and the animated “Scoob!: Holiday Haunt”) made more financial sense than releasing it commercially, Variety reported.“We’re not going to launch a movie to make a quarter and we’re not going to put a movie out unless we believe in it,” WBD chief David Zaslav said on the company’s earnings call last week, responding to a question about the “Batgirl” cancellation.

It’s a cost-cutting move under the company, formed earlier this year by Discovery’s acquisition of WarnerMedia, at it looks to rein in content expenses.