DC Cinematic Universe

[ace3g]

https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1554581816815804419

[Local Trouble]

Good, I hope they're rethinking the whole Michael Keaton thing.  It'd be an interesting one-shot in the Flash movie, but I seriously don't see the logic in replacing Batfleck with an even older version of Batman.

[KiramidHead]

I fail to see how flushing $90 million down the toilet is a cost cutting measure.

[Whiskeybrewer]

Doesnt help that this required people having seen The Flash for people to get why Keaton was there

[BlueMarsalis79]

Just do Batman Beyond with Michael Keaton already, in the Returns continuity, I do not give a shit about this multiverse crap.

[T Dog]

Has a project of this budget ever been canned before? They've shot the movie, it's in post, they have spent $90 million on it already.

[Local Trouble]

Maybe it was just terrible and WB decided they can't afford another bomb in the DCEU.

[KiramidHead]

From the looks of it, they did it for a tax credit.

[Local Trouble]

[T Dog]

From the looks of it, they did it for a tax credit.

Can you elaborate on that?

[KiramidHead]

From the looks of it, they did it for a tax credit.

Can you elaborate on that?

"Reportedly, Zaslav has strategically decided to "shelve" Batgirl for a tax write-down, call its budget a dead loss to reduce the company's tax liability, and by that token enhance profits generally – a strategy that of course will be bolstered by this spectacular and much-publicised failure. "

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/03/tax-concerns-axed-batgirl-but-studios-will-suffer-if-they-become-too-cynical

[Local Trouble]

Watching Campea's video, it sounds like WB is finally exercising some quality control.

[T Dog]

From the looks of it, they did it for a tax credit.

Can you elaborate on that?

"Reportedly, Zaslav has strategically decided to "shelve" Batgirl for a tax write-down, call its budget a dead loss to reduce the company's tax liability, and by that token enhance profits generally – a strategy that of course will be bolstered by this spectacular and much-publicised failure. "

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/03/tax-concerns-axed-batgirl-but-studios-will-suffer-if-they-become-too-cynical

Interesting, I read a couple more articles and they've pulled 6 movies from HBO Max as well that they can use to write off tax against other expenses. Seemingly they are doing this as a cost saving measure that needs to amount to $3 billion!

[PredatorvsAliens]

im so happy this would be bad anyway so thank god
hopefully flash is next
lets start over
do this right WB!!

[Magegg]

I'd like DC to just create a single cinematic universe which is also really good.

I'm glad Batgirl was cancelled since I wasn't even interested in that. Also, having three Batmen (Affleck, Keaton and Pattinson; four if you count the version of Titans) was kind of stupid.

Just give me back Batfleck, please, and try to fix the DCEU. There was just a lot of crap around in TV and movies (like, Pennyworth, the Flash shows, Titans, etc) to keep me as invested into DC as I am with Marvel.