Warner bros. Shelved a Young Catwoman Film as Partโฃ of Majorโค Content Cull
A standalone โคbatman-universe film centered on โCatwoman was secretlyโ canceled by Warner Bros. in 2022,โข adding to a โwave of over 40โ projects scrapped by the studio. The project, revealed by โDC Film News,โฃ would have explored the early years of โฃSelina Kyle, mirroring the character’s origin story asโฃ depicted in the Gotham television series.
The cancellation underscores a period of significant upheaval at Warner Bros.โค Revelation, marked by financial instability and aโ strategic shift away fromโค expansive, interconnected cinematic universes like the DC โฃExtended universeโ initially spearheaded by Zack Snyder. The studio’s decision toโ drastically reduce contentโค production impacted numerous projects, including the fully-completed Batgirl โคfilm which was also shelved.
According to a now-deleted interviewโ originally published by โขComic Book,โ warner Bros.’s decision to halt the Catwoman film-and โmoreโ than 42 others-stemmed from a desireโ to โcurtail overall content โคoutput. The move signalsโค aโค broader restructuring โคwithin the company as it โฃseeks to streamline its DC film strategy under the leadership of DC โคStudios, currently developing โ Dynamic Duo.