Despite $90m being spent and a release date being planned for the end of this year, this week Hollywood was rattled when Warner Bros announced that the highly- anticipated Batgirl film - planned for HBO Max - was being shelved. 
Batgirl, a 'woke', big-budget film featuring a female version of the iconic superhero, was branded 'irredeemable', despite being completely finished.
Feedback at test screenings was so awful that it was canned, making it perhaps the most expensive film ever made that will never see the light of day, although it's by no means the only big budget production never to make it on to screens. 
It joins a graveyard of movies which were awkwardly shelved, including a Louis C.K. directed film about seducing a 17-year-old, a 3D mermaid fantasy, and a spy thriller starring Michael Flatley; of Lord of the Dance fame.  




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The nearly finished Scoob! sequel's fate was announced in the same breath as Batgirl's axing

The nearly finished Scoob! sequel's fate was announced in the same breath as Batgirl's axing, although the exact reasons weren't made clear. 
The animated feature would have detailed the events following 2020's Scoob! in a multiverse setting.
Yesterday co-directors Bill Haller and Michael Kurinsky took to social media to voice their thoughts on the choice.
Bill tweeted: 'Despite happenings at WB, Im gonna brag about Scoob Holiday Haunt. 
'I approved the last shot of animation last week & I can't wait for all the fans to see the amazing performances from this passion project which I know will make you very happy.'
'Thank you to all the Scooby Doo fans out there. It means everything to me. Let's get the word out,' Michael added.
Tony Cervone, who directed the first Scoob! film added to the disappointment at the axing of the sequel.
Taking to Instagram he wrote: 'The movie is practically finished and turned out beautifully. I am beyond heartbroken.'
The film was set to star 14-year-old Iain Armitage, known for his role in Young Sheldon, as Shaggy.
Tweeting after the film's cancellation was announced, the teen actor wrote: 'I'm very sorry to share this sad news. I LOVED working on this, and just did another session as Young Shaggy last week and the film looked just about complete.'
While no official reason for the decision to shelve Scoob! Holiday Haunt has been given, people involved with production have been left guessing.
The film's co-writer Paul Dini told a fan on Twitter that the movie was '95% complete' at the time the decision was made. 
He added a cut of the film being tested with audiences had gone down well, and argued it made 'no business sense' to axe what could have been a blockbuster. 
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It is perhaps not too surprising that this 1972 film about a circus clown who is imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp has yet to see the light of day

It is perhaps not too surprising that this 1972 film about a circus clown imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp has yet to see the light of day.
The plot follows washed-up circus clown Helmut Doork who was once in high demand and toured the world, but found himself with no work at the beginning of World War II.
After finding himself ousted from his circus troupe, Doork gets drunk and begins ranting about Adolf Hitler, which sees him arrested by the Gestapo.
Doork is interrogated by the Gestapo who imprison him in a Nazi camp for three years, during which time he hopes he will get a chance to argue his case.
While in the camp and exiled by other prisoners who mock him, Doork ends up performing for Jewish children, who are being kept separate from other prisoners.
However he ends up being used by the guards to lead Jewish children to their deaths in the gas chambers.
The enormously controversial storyline led to the film ultimately being axed, but questions about the plot plagued its star, Jerry Lewis, right up until he passed away in 2017.
Film critic Jean-Michel Frodon, who is one of the only people to have seen a print of the film, told : 'It's a very bizarre project. [Lewis is] not indulging himself, but he is self-caricaturing.' 
The movie, which Lewis also directed, remains unfinished, and the American comedian's son has claimed no complete negative of the film exists.
However in 2015, Lewis donated an incomplete copy of the film to the Library of Congress, under the stipulation it would not be screened before June 2024.
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Michael Flatley directed, wrote and stars in this thrilling espionage flick - which premiered in 2018 and then mysteriously 'vanished'

Michael Flatley directed, wrote, self-financed and stars in this thrilling espionage flick - which premiered in 2018 and then mysteriously 'vanished'.
However, the premiere itself at the Raindance Festival was questioned as it shut out journalists and did not seem to produce any fan reaction whatsoever, leading many to wonder if anyone at all had seen the flick.
Despite not being released yet, Flatley somehow managed to bag himself the best actor accolade for his performance in Blackbird at last year's Monaco film festival. 
According to the , the 'mythical' feature has now finally got a release date for September 2022.
An excitingly elusive IMDb plot summary reads: 'Troubled secret agent "Blackbird" abruptly retires from service and opens a luxurious nightclub in the Caribbean to escape the dark shadows of his past.
'An old flame arrives and reignites love in his life but she brings danger with her.'
Flatley himself confirmed the release date in a statement on Twitter last month.
Blaming the Covid pandemic, he said there were several delays to production of the film and promised Irish fans they would have the first chance to see the film in cinemas.
The Irish-American dancer said: 'We've all put a lot into this project, and for me it's very personal.'
Flatley's co-stars in the film are largely unknown, but film buffs will spot an appearance from Eric Rober[url=]
Originally picked up by British production company Working Title in 1998, the film was subject to a series of delays and was passed around between different directors and screenwriters.
In September 2007 the film finally began shooting, with writer Richard Neville optimistic about its future.
He said: 'Given that the world is at war, it couldn't be better timing to highlight the crazy, fun and political times of the 1960s... I think the timing is pretty terrific.' 
With big names behind the movie, including director Beeban Kidron, who also directed Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, there were high hopes. 
However, four years later in 2011, Working Title confirmed it would not be released.
Back in 2017, 10 years after it began filming, Sienna Miller said she didn't think Hippie Hippie Shake would ever see the light of day.
She told Yahoo! Movies: 'I'm not sure whatever happened with that. I don't think it's… I don't think we'll see it at this point. 
'I never really heard what happened. I did see a rough cut of it and it was a pretty beautiful film, but there was some legal something or other. I don't know.'
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The rom-com, starring Evan Rachel Wood, has never been released following delays and even a lawsuit 

Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Thomas McDonell and Billy Campbell, this unorthodox romantic comedy has a dark premise.
A teenage boy and girl, who are both planning to take their own lives, end up falling in love.
Filming for the movie began in 2012 but was interrupted just two months later when Wood fell pregnant. 
There were also management changes in the production company, which is thought to be the main reason filming was stalled.
By the time production halted, there was enough footage for the production company to release a promotional trailer, but little progress was made on the film itself.
In November 2013 it was announced that filming would resume and by the following year around 30 minutes had been completed.
However, tensions arose when, in 2014, producers of the film sued Evan Rachel Wood for allegedly refusing to return to filming,
The actress's lawyers dismissed the lawsuit as 'preposterous' and the lawsuit is thought to[url=]
The actress's lawyers dismissed the lawsuit as 'preposterous' and the lawsuit is thought to remain unresolved.
Meanwhile, there is still no word on the fate of the rom-com -[url=]
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