Former DC Films Boss Walter Hamada Nearly Left Warner Bros. After Being Informed Of BATGIRL's Cancelation

Former DC Films Boss Walter Hamada Nearly Left Warner Bros. After Being Informed Of BATGIRL's Cancelation

A new report reveals that former DC Films boss Walter Hamada very nearly walked out of Warner Bros. upon learning that new CEO David Zaslav had chosen to pull the plug on Batgirl. Read on for details...

By JoshWilding - Aug 05, 2022 09:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Batgirl
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav made the call to pull the plug on Batgirl, and at least one big name within the studio wasn't happy about it. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that former DC Films boss Walter Hamada came close to leaving the studio upon learning of plans to cancel the movie and has even consulted with counsel. 

As of right now, he's agreed to remain in his current post until at least Black Adam's release on October 21. "He's pausing," one source tells the trade. "The decision has not been made to make this adversarial, yet."

That's a little foreboding, eh? 

Apparently, Hamada was upset at not being consulted over the decision and was concerned about the impact it would have on those who were part of making Batgirl. The news was broken to him at a test screening for Black Adam, with the explanation being that, as part of Zaslav's strategy, the DC Comics movie wasn't strong enough for a theatrical release and too pricey for streaming.

Warner Bros. Pictures Group co-chairpersons and CEOs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy were tasked with overseeing the DCEU until new leadership is found earlier this year, so Hamada is likely on his way out of the studio, regardless. 

He first took charge of DC Films in 2018 in the wake of Justice League's disastrous release. Since then, he's overseen everything from Joker to The Suicide Squad and The Batman, so his reign was far from a calamity. Zaslav wants to compete with Marvel Studios, though, and that requires finding a Kevin Feige. 

The CEO clearly wants to see the DCEU turn a corner, an idea fans can definitely get on board with. However, ditching a movie they were looking forward to and hyping up The Flash, right after a fresh wave of allegations against Ezra Miller, is an odd way to go about it. 

Right now, it's hard to see things getting any better for DC as there's clearly a lot of upheaval behind the scenes. 

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SanFranLand
SanFranLand - 8/5/2022, 9:38 AM
Was about to leave, thought of money made in current position, sits back down
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 8/5/2022, 5:01 PM
@SanFranLand - Money is probably the sole reason he was going to leave. Like Kevin Tsujihara he prob doesn't care if its shit or gold as long as he gets his quarterly bonus and Batgirl getting shelf prob means he lost some money. These notions were why JL 2017 was released in such a terrible state in the 1st place.

Zaslav was already dissing all of the current and former WB employees when he said “We're not going to launch a movie to make a QUARTER, and we're not going to put a movie out unless we believe in it.” because former WB employees were just [frick]ing everyone over for their own benefits. This is what ran WB into the ground twice and their brand reputation into crap.
Matador
Matador - 8/5/2022, 9:39 AM
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 8/5/2022, 9:41 AM
"Former" DC Boss?
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 8/5/2022, 9:58 AM
@regularmovieguy - my guess is he was finally taken down by Ray Fisher

regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 8/5/2022, 10:10 AM
@MyCoolYoung

LMAO.
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 8/5/2022, 9:42 AM
You say “he almost left” as if it was a bad thing.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/5/2022, 9:42 AM
I can already hear Ray Fisher typing as fast as possibile.
KWilly
KWilly - 8/5/2022, 10:11 AM
@Waddles - Ray: "Except Ezra and Amber. They get backstage passes"
IMCOOLURNOT
IMCOOLURNOT - 8/5/2022, 10:18 AM
@Doomsday8888 - lol!
roboticJohnson
roboticJohnson - 8/5/2022, 9:43 AM
We really went from snyderfans crying for creative freedom and releasing unreleased movies to walter hamada siding with the directors and cast and snyderfans being happy about movies being cancelled in what, a week? Life is really full of surprises, uh?
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 8/5/2022, 9:55 AM
@roboticJohnson - If you watched the investor call yesterday with Zaslov you would know his plan is to maximize profits from their big 3 biggest IPs in comic history Supes, Bats, and WW by focusing on quality over quantity. Then those profits will be used to found a wide range of diverse movies with the intention to experiment and hit the jackpot with some of them, just like what happened with The Joker breaking a billion while being a low budget movie that was funded with profits from the other DC projects.
roboticJohnson
roboticJohnson - 8/5/2022, 10:07 AM
@WarMonkey - what does any of that have to do with what I said?
jparr2
jparr2 - 8/5/2022, 10:44 AM
@Waddles - Amen to that... hence my note below.. frak DC...
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 8/5/2022, 11:34 AM
@WarMonkey - Then those profits will be used to found a wide range of diverse movies with the intention to experiment and hit the jackpot with some of them

Push big titles, use profits to fund smaller experimental ones. Literally every studio's basic plan since the 1930s.
jparr2
jparr2 - 8/5/2022, 9:48 AM
As a comic book movie fan.. I will never watch another DC or DC adjacent project.. ever... this is stupid greedy, and nearsighted.. and blatantly now saying that you're going to copy Marvel? c'mon, have some balls...

[frick] DC, [frick] Warnerbrothers, and [frick] Discovery..

make mine Marvel...
darthderp
darthderp - 8/5/2022, 10:00 AM
@jparr2 - Warner just needs to sell the DC universe to Disney and get it over with. Win win for everyone.
HistoryofMatt
HistoryofMatt - 8/5/2022, 9:49 AM
Well...

... bye.
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 8/5/2022, 9:49 AM
Well all indications point to him being fired soon and would have been already if they could legally do so.
John456
John456 - 8/5/2022, 9:51 AM
Wow Discovery was lying every since merging with Warner they've been going on a tear cancelling many DC shows and upcoming movies, they really want to do a complete revamp of DC to compete with Marvel as fast as possible.
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 8/5/2022, 9:51 AM
Don’t get comfortable
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/5/2022, 9:54 AM
Ray Fisher
WakandaTech
WakandaTech - 8/5/2022, 10:12 AM
MCU- Making quantity over quality

DCEU - Starting over again, maybe
WakandaTech
WakandaTech - 8/5/2022, 10:17 AM
Ray Fisher " Call it Racism cause they cancel Batgirl and not Flash, but Ezra is my friend and he's a victim too"

What will Ray Fisher next move be?
mistral1
mistral1 - 8/5/2022, 10:19 AM
I lost any confidence in WB to handle DC, a property that should be the jewel of the crown and it has been treated like s**t.
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