DC Films President Was About to Exit After 'Batgirl' Got Cancelled
justjared.comThere are new reports about Walter Hamada amid major shakeups at Warner Bros. The 54-year-old DC Films president was on the brink of leaving the company following the cancellation of Batgirl, THR reported Friday (August 5).
He agreed to remain in his position until the release of an upcoming movie. Click inside to read more… According to the report, Walter has agreed to remain at the company until the release of Black Adam on October 21. “He’s pausing.
The decision has not been made to make this adversarial, yet,” a source told the outlet. The decision comes as Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav defended the decision to shelve Batgirl.
Warner Bros. Pictures Group co-chairpersons and CEOs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy reportedly informed the exec at a recent Black Adam test screening that Batgirl would be shelved because it wasn’t strong enough to release theatrically and was too expensive for a streaming release.
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