Backed by the big tree of Warner, DC, one of the two giants of superhero movies, has had many "magical operations that ordinary people cannot understand".
For example, "a movie with an investment of more than 100 million yuan, after the completion of filming, choose not to release", or cancel the film project with a high audience demand, if you happen to be interested in these, then we will talk about it in detail.
"Batgirl" is a super popular character in DC Comics, and in 2017, the movie "Batgirl" project began to be promoted, and Warner invited "Avengers" director Joss Whedon to direct the film
However, for some reason, the director of the film was changed to represent Adil El Abi and Bilal Farah as "Jedi Men: Fast Pursuit", and it is worth mentioning that these two directors later directed "Marvel Girl".
The role of "Batgirl" is played by newcomer actor Leslie Grace, and the Warner executives at the beginning are full of confidence in the film, and are even ready to release the movie "Stream** + Theater" at both ends
But soon, Warner executives couldn't laugh, after the production of the film was completed, an internal test screening was held, and at the end of the test screening, Warner executives unanimously decided to cancel the release plan of the film, that is, the film with an investment cost of 90 million US dollars was directly thrown into the warehouse
"The film is too bad" is certain, but this reason does not make Warner give up the release, the reason can only be that "this bad movie has affected the follow-up works of the DC Universe".
If you want to ask, "Among the previous Batmans, whose existence is the most embarrassing?" Presumably, 9 out of ten DC fans will tell you that it is Ben Affleck, in his 10-year "Batman" career
Ben Affleck conquered DC fans who had questioned him with his superb acting skills, but he didn't even have an independent film, but in fact, as early as 2017, Warner had promoted the solo film of "Ben Ba".
In the initial plan, Ben Affleck was not only the starring, but also the director and screenwriter, but after the script was completed, Ben Affleck resigned from the role of director on the grounds of too much pressure and only agreed to star
The role of director fell to Matt Reeves, who directed "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", but the first thing the director did when he took office was to announce that "the film script will be rewritten and will not use Ben Affleck's original script".
And later in an interview, he said that he preferred to find a new actor to play Batman, and in January 2019, Ben Affleck announced that he would withdraw from the project, and the movie starring Robert Pattinson was replaced
In the end, the project was finally named "The New Batman", and it is worth mentioning that at the time of the filming, Ben Affleck announced that he would "no longer be involved in the production of any DC movies in the future".
In January 2017, the well-known DC villain "Black Adam" launched an independent film, and the starring role was Hollywood superstar Dwayne Johnson, which cost nearly 1The 9.5 billion movie suffered serious losses after its release
Just looking at the box office, "Black Adam" lost nearly $100 million, but the film's starring Dwayne Johnson posted that "he didn't lose money, and he made a profit of nearly $50 million", but it is certain that the development of the film sequel "Black Adam 2" has been postponed indefinitely
Then two things happened that made "Black Adam 2" go from an indefinite delay to a project cancellation, one of which was Dwayne Johnson's "angry spray" of Warner's top management, believing that the film's failure was entirely due to the struggle between Warner's old and new leadership
The second is the reboot of the "DC Universe", so "Black Adam 2", a movie that has not yet had time to develop, will disappear into the long river of movies with the end of the "DC Universe".
In fact, DC's popular character "Cyborg" also had the opportunity to launch an "independent film", but due to the withdrawal of the leading actor Ray Fisher, the project was stopped, and then, there was no more
There are three reasons for actor Ray Fisher's withdrawal, one is because during the reshoot of "Justice League", the director Joss Wheddon's disrespect and professional bullying of the actor made Ray Fisher extremely dissatisfied
The second is because after Ray Fisher posted the incident on the Internet and reported it to Warner's senior management, Warner's cold handling of the incident made him unhappy
The third is dissatisfaction with Walter Hamada, who was the new president of DC Pictures at the time, because Walter Hamada, in order to protect himself and his friends in the "Justice League Incident", interfered with the investigation of the incident, and also made up some lies when publishing the incident report
For a variety of reasons, Ray Fisher announced his withdrawal from the production of the movie "Cyborg", and also said that he "will not participate in any projects related to Walter Hamada", which may also be the reason why "Cyborg" disappeared into the "DC Universe".
In addition to the above four movies, there are actually many projects that have been canceled for various reasons, but because they are all the same, I will talk about them here
Projects that have been canceled due to the DC Universe reboot are:
"Justice League Movie Series" "Justice League 2".
DCEU's Fourth World Unfolding Work "New Protoss".
The last installment of the "Wonder Woman Trilogy" "Wonder Woman 3".
The classic DC comic book character indie film "Superwoman".
"Aquaman" spin-off movie "Trench Clan".
Among these films, "Justice League 2" and "Wonder Woman 3" also have stories to tell
In fact, after the failure of "Justice League", some Warner executives also thought about continuing to shoot "Justice League 2" or making a "hero assembly" movie similar to "Justice League".
However, this idea was rejected by James Gunn, the "rolling guide" who just came to DC and is about to become the helm, so the project is gone, but this is just online news, and it has not yet been hammered
The story of "Wonder Woman 3" is even more interesting, in 2020, in order to promote its streaming platform HBO Max, Warner has done the magical operation of "letting all its blockbuster streams** + theaters be released simultaneously".
As soon as the news came out, Gal Gadot, the director and actress of "Wonder Woman 1984", complained to Warner, and even threatened Warner on the grounds of "not participating in the production of "Wonder Woman 3".
In order to appease the two, Warner agreed to compensate them tens of millions of dollars after negotiations to make up for the loss of the film's box office, but according to the current development, it is a question whether the project of "Wonder Woman 3" still exists
The above films still have an original, but in fact, Warner has done such a thing as canceling for "no reason", and there are more than one time, and there are many well-known projects that have been canceled
For example
"Jared Leto" version of "Joker".
Comic adaptation of the independent film "The Death Knell".
Harley Quinn and the Joker, a romantic action movie that tells the experience and love story of "Harley Quinn and the Joker".
The Dark Justice League, composed of Lady Shangdu, Constantine, Zatana, Dead, Shadow, and others
The sequel to the "Superman movie" "Superman: Man of Steel 2".
Maybe seeing this, many people will have doubts, why is Warner so capable of "being a demon", why hasn't it gone bankrupt?
But in fact, although Warner is not bankrupt, it has been "sold" several times, but each time there are companies willing to take over, probably because they feel that they have the ability to make Warner "turn a profit".