In August of last year,Warner Bros.made another in their series of baffling choices.
They decided to indefinitely shelve and write offBatgirl, a film completed and paid for.
Specifically withDC (Detective Comics)titles,WBhas never been able to get traction.
They saw the master decade long, multi film planKevin Feigelaid out atMarvel Studiosand wanted to duplicate it.
Between the odd casting choices and horrible everything, all people remember is thatBatmanandSupermansmothers laughably have the same name.
Somehow for being so poorly lit and nearly satire, the films cost a fortune to make and market.
This production really sums up the crux ofWBs problems.
Whats baffling though, is thatWBhas changed leadership by hiringJames Gunnas executive overseeing allDCprojects at the studio.
Hes had success helmingMarvelsGuardians of the Galaxyand thats pretty much it.
Its a lot of responsibility to thrust onto a talented director and writer.
He was given a grease fire and a bucket of water to put it out with.
So James started swinging his axe and everything was cancelled but the upcomingFlashfilm.
The studio put even more money into it and wisely got public menaceEzra Milleroff the streets until its release.
A big part of this movie though isMichael Keatonas theBatman.
Now, I havent seen Batgirl.
The man hasnt made a bad film sinceMultiplicityin the 90s.
Not only that, it hasBrendan Fraserin it to boot.
Hes now the Academy Award winning actorBrendan Fraser!
His comeback is complete and everybody has been rooting for him.
NowWBcan also lead in with Best Actor winner Brendan Fraserin the trailer title card.
That always puts some extra asses in seats.
Its at or near final edit and gathering dust becauseJames Gunnsimply said so.
His other DC titles thus far,PeacemakerandSuicide Squad, should show that everything he touches is not gold.
It would help with the studio reboot theyre so desperately trying to manage.
For now all we can wish for is a potential release ofBatgirlonHBO Maxone day in the future.
