{"id":54142,"date":"2022-08-23T19:33:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T19:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/batgirl-filmmakers-on-fallout-from-wbd-axing-dc-pic-deadline\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T19:33:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T19:33:27","slug":"batgirl-filmmakers-on-fallout-from-wbd-axing-dc-pic-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/batgirl-filmmakers-on-fallout-from-wbd-axing-dc-pic-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Batgirl’ Filmmakers On Fallout From WBD Axing DC Pic \u2013 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Weeks after HBO Max’s DC movie Batgirl <\/em>was canceled by the David Zaslav-run Warner Bros Discovery, the film’s directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah said in an interview with French outlet Skript that the studio promptly prevented them from accessing the pic’s footage after unplugging the movie during post-production.<\/p>\n

Fallah said, \u201cI went on the server\u2026 Everything was gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

El Arbi added: \u201cWe were like, ‘F*cking sh*t!’ All the scenes with Batman in them!\u201d<\/p>\n

As Deadline first told you, both filmmakers were in Morocco for El Arbi’s wedding when they first learned the bad news about Batgirl.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe guys from Warners told us it was not a talent problem from our part or the actress, or even the quality of the movie,\u201d said El Arbi. He continued, \u201cThey told us it was a strategic change. There was new management, and they wanted to save some money.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt cannot be released in its current state,\u201d El Arbi added, underscoring the unusual maneuver for a studio to kill a movie during a director’s rough cut. \u201cThere’s no VFX\u2026 we still had some scenes to shoot. So if one day they want us to release the Batgirl<\/em> movie, they’d have to give us the means to do it. To finish it properly with our vision,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

In an August 3 Instagram post after Batgirl <\/em>was axed, the filmmakers said: \u201cWe are saddened and shocked by the news. We still can’t believe it. As directors, it is critical that our work be shown to audiences, and while the movie was far from finished, we wish that fans all over the world would have had the opportunity to see and embrace the final film themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about scrapping batgirl,<\/em> Zaslav on the WBD’s Q2 earnings call said, \u201cWe’re not going to launch a movie until it’s ready,\u201d while emphasizing that a 10-year plan for the DC movie universe is in the works.<\/p>\n