‘Batgirl’ Won’t Fly: Warner Bros. Discovery Has No Plans to Release Nearly Finished $90 Million Film

[jboldeniv]

What do y'all think about this? Do y'all think that it would've been boring? Do you think that it would have flopped?

[KrisF]

Yeah, I think this would have flopped financially, I could be wrong though.

Because they said ''in spite of reshoots and increased budget... the movie simply did not work'', to me this shows there were failures during the green lighting process in the project's development and pre-production stages. Most films that spend $100M+ find it harder to make a profit even when they are made for theatrical release, and they were faced with a bill of $90M after the first two failed shoots for a film not designed for theatrical release. The third shoot would likely have made the bill grow to $135M, which is a red flag business-wise as it'd be hard to make that back via theatres or HBO simply because it doesn't seem like a must-see title if you know what I mean.

[jboldeniv]

Yeah, I think this would have flopped financially, I could be wrong though.

Because they said ''in spite of reshoots and increased budget... the movie simply did not work'', to me this shows there were failures during the green lighting process in the project's development and pre-production stages. Most films that spend $100M+ find it harder to make a profit even when they are made for theatrical release, and they were faced with a bill of $90M after the first two failed shoots for a film not designed for theatrical release. The third shoot would likely have made the bill grow to $135M, which is a red flag business-wise as it'd be hard to make that back via theatres or HBO simply because it doesn't seem like a must-see title if you know what I mean.

Yeah. I totally agree with you.