Batgirl Erasure Update: Variety’s Adam B. Vary and Brent Lang are reporting that Warner Bros. scrapped The Batgirl not just because they didn’t like it, but because it made sense from a tax write-down perspective. Apparently the tax returns will allow them to make their budget back if they don’t release it.
Earlier: Even more perplexing than Searchlight dumping Being Mortal, the Aziz Ansari–Bill Murray–Keke Palmer film, is Warner Bros. deciding to disappear The Batgirl ($90M) altogether — no theatrical or HBO MAX, The common denominator may be that neither studio likes what they’ve seen. Perhaps on WB’s side this gives them an established mandate for dumping The Flash?
