Warner Bros. CEO tries to explain why The Flash is great but Batgirl had to die

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After drawing ire for a whole bunch of decisions related to the streaming service this week—including plans to shelve two nearly completed movies ( Batgirl and Scoob!: Holiday Haunt ) and the quiet removal of plenty of originals from the HBO Max roster—Zaslav got a chance to justify his actions during the newly merged company's Q2 earnings call today. His comments were heavy on ambitious planning, light on respect for the various artists who

As noted by Variety , Zaslav repeatedly returned to the word "quality" as a justification for the cuts; he never outright said Batgirl , which would have introduced Leslie Grace as the character, and formally returned Michael Keaton to the B wasn't said "quality," but he did state that "

Of course, it does seem little coincidental The Flash film (also co-starring Keaton), despite the fact that star Ezra Miller has taken the unorthodox step of issuing most of the film's recent lurid and legal filings. Zaslav assured all present that he was "excited" for the film, before becoming, finally going to figure out how to effectively rip off the Marvel formula so that they can also milk several billion dollars out of their own