Early reactions to Batgirl were reportedly positive

About Batgirl

Batgirl is the identifier of several fictional superheroines who appear as female counterparts to the action hero Batman in American comic books accepted for publication by DC Comics. Even though Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff tried to introduce the personality, Betty Kane, as Bat-Girl in 1961, she was replaced by Barbara Gordon in 1967, who became known as the iconic Batgirl.

According to a new report

The early Batgirl test screenings were not too bad. Warner Bros. Discovery shocked the music business by announcing that they were canceling Batgirl, despite the fact that filming had already been completed and roughly $90 million had been spent. Leslie Grace (In the Heights) was set to play the title role, with Brendan Fraser as the villain Firefly and Michael Keaton reprising his role as Batman.

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Quickly following the film's cancellation

Following the cancellation of the film, rumors began circulating about why Warner Bros. Revelation would abandon a film that had already been shot. Warner Bros. said in a statement that the film simply did not fit the change in direction the studio is looking to take with DCEU films, and reports following the termination recommended that the film was viewed as a small-scale story not fit for theatres, but also too costly for watching online on HBO Max.

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Rumors circulated that the film was canceled due to poor quality, as Warner Bros. did not want to risk damaging the DCEU brand by releasing it.

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According to a THR report

However, it seems that this was not the case, and the allegedly bad response Batgirl received in test screenings may have been exaggerated. According to a THR report following the cancellation of Batgirl, the studio did test one cut of Batgirl for a viewer without finished VFX work and a heat score.

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The movie reportedly tested in the 60s

The film was supposedly evaluated in the 60s, which, while not a stellar assessment, was also the same as it tested in 2017 - and that movie went on to gross $701 million worldwide.

According to the same report

It's also worth noting that Batgirl went through the same tests as Shazam! According to the same report, Warner Bros. has not been forced to cancel Fury of the Gods, which is still scheduled to be released in theatres. It also disregards the fact that Warner Bros. Discovery canceled Scoob! Holiday Haunt, which was supposedly nearly finished.

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The cancellation of two HBO Max original films

The fact that two HBO Max previous movies were canceled suggests that the cause has less to do with the quality of the movies and more to do with the studio's new priority of theatrical dispersion and the amount they are now willing to invest in streaming content.

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Although if Batgirl failed her test

Even if Batgirl's test results were poor, studios have released low-quality superhero films in the past. Warner Bros. has a history of releasing DC superhero films that have been panned by critics, including Jonah Hex, Green Lantern, and 2016's Suicide Squad.

Morbius was released 

Morbius was released in theatres twice by Sony Pictures, and it did receive some of the worst reviews of any superhero film released in the last twenty years. In a globe where films like Fantastic Four and New Mutants can be released in theatres, it's difficult to believe that Batgirl deserves to be kept on the shelf indefinitely.