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Warner Bros. Ditches Batgirl, Labels Film a Tax Write-Off

7/10/2026

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Warner Bros. Discovery scrapped the Batgirl film as a tax write-off, making it unreleasable.
Peter Safran, head of DC Studios, said the movie was “not releasable” amid the HBO Max purge.
J.K. Simmons, who played Commissioner James Gordon, called the cancellation “bizarre” and said an audience saw the film without a bad score.
Michael Keaton, reprising Bruce Wayne, said he did not care because he received a large check.

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Story summary

Warner Bros. Discovery scrapped the Batgirl film as a tax write-off, making it unreleasable.
Peter Safran, head of DC Studios, said the movie was “not releasable” amid the HBO Max purge.
J.K. Simmons, who played Commissioner James Gordon, called the cancellation “bizarre” and said an audience saw the film without a bad score.
Michael Keaton, reprising Bruce Wayne, said he did not care because he received a large check.