Today the New York Post has reported that the Batgirl Movie has been cancelled. The movie which was expected to release later this year on the Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service HBO Max as a streaming exclusive, apparently has had the power turned off to the bat signal.
The movie which was set to star Leslie Grace, who starred in the 2021 film In the Heights, as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, J.K. Simmons reprising his role as James Gordon and Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Side note Keaton is still setup to don the cape and cowl in the upcoming (maybe) flash movie. The movie which was essentially completed and was in the process of conducting initial screenings for audiences, was deemed as “irredeemable” by the Posts source. The rumored budget of the film is somewhere between $70 million and $100 million. Variety reports that Warner Bros. Discovery want DC titles to be big theatrical event films, the Batgirl movie does not fit that category as it is now as it was budgeted for streaming and not to be a global theatrical release.
Batgirl was directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who most recently directed Bad Boys for Life and Ms. Marvel. The screenplay was written by Christina Hodson who is known for writing the 2018 Bumblebee movie and the 2020 Birds of Prey film which focused on Harley Quinn as well as the upcoming Flash film which is scheduled to be released in 2023.
This year at San Diego Comic Con, the only DC project featured were the upcoming Black Adam film starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Shazam: Fury of the Gods. There was no mention of Batgirl or the Ezra Miller flash movie following star Ezra Miller’s recent activity. Will this be cancelled next?
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