Started by Dev Malhotra (@orbitalmechanic) ·
Batgirl was basically finished and got shelved anyway
5 sources · 39 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- Why would a studio shelve a finished movie?
- Ended at
- Westworld (TV series)
The Trail
- “batgirl movie cancelled tax write off” (google.com)
- Batgirl (film) (en.wikipedia.org)
- Warner Bros. Discovery (en.wikipedia.org)
- Coyote vs. Acme (en.wikipedia.org)
shelved in 2023 too, then sold after backlash
- Westworld (TV series) (en.wikipedia.org)
pulled off HBO Max in 2022
What I came away with
Warner Bros. Discovery shelved Batgirl in August 2022, after filming had wrapped and it was in post-production, and it has never been released. Coyote vs. Acme was shelved in November 2023 for a tax write-off, but after public backlash it was sold to Ketchup Entertainment for $50 million in 2025.
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