Live-Action ‘Wonder Twins’ Film Scrapped By HBO Max Following Warner Bros.-Discovery Merger

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HBO Max has scrapped its plans for a live-action Wonder Twins film, based on the DC characters of the same name, Deadline can confirm. The news comes only about a month after it was announced that …

The news comes only about a month after it was announced that KJ Apa and Isabel May had been tapped to play shape-shifters Zan and Jayna.scribe Adam Sztykiel had been tasked with directing the film; it would have marked his feature debut.

While its plot had been kept under wraps, it would have followed the pair of alien siblings from planet Exxor, first introduced in the 1977 animated seriesThe World’s Greatest Super Friends. Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey were set to produce for Temple Hill, with production scheduled to begin in Atlanta this summer.is likely a casualty of the Warner Bros.-Discovery merger, which saw CEO and President David Zaslav commit to cutting $3B in costs.

 

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Not a surprise, but disappointing. I love the Twins on Smallville, but hated them on Super Friends. I was hoping this would catch that Smallville magic...

Smart move

oh no 😐

Oh good, that thing that nobody wanted is going away.

Noooo, not the thing no one was asking for!

Wonder Twin powers - DEACTIVATE!

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