It’s one other darkish evening for Gotham Metropolis. One 12 months after Leslie Grace was introduced as Batgirl, the movie has been scrapped by Warner Bros., a number of retailers report.
In July 2022, Selection reported that the Batgirl movie, which had already wrapped principal images and was slated for launch on HBO Max, had been canceled by the studio, together with the animated sequel, Scoob!: Vacation Hang-out. The choice was reportedly because of a need to shift the studio’s focus again to blockbuster movies, reasonably than streaming releases. It’s unclear whether or not Warner Bros. will ever launch the shelved film.
Batgirl was initially introduced in March 2017 with Joss Whedon set to direct, write and produce the film. One 12 months later, although, the Avengers director pulled out of the challenge, saying that he “actually didn’t have a narrative” for the script.
“The story sort of simply crumbled in my palms,” the Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator advised Selection in April 2018. “There have been components that I simply hadn’t mastered that, after a very long time, felt like I wasn’t going to. I advised folks that I didn’t have an thought, which isn’t an actual reality. I had an thought, however it didn’t match within the area that was left for it. It was just a little heartbreaking.”
DC didn’t surrender on the challenge, nonetheless, and employed Christina Hodson to exchange Whedon because the screenwriter. The U.Okay. native is effectively versed in comedian e book lore, having written the 2020 movie Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) starring Margot Robbie. Hodson can be writing The Flash, due out in November 2022.
A number of ladies have used the Batgirl moniker all through the lengthy historical past of DC Comics, however the brand new film will concentrate on Barbara Gordon, who’s extensively often called essentially the most iconic model of the character. Barbara is the daughter of James Gordon, the police commissioner who seems in lots of Batman comics and movies.
Like Batman, Batgirl doesn’t have any supernatural powers, however she is a talented martial artist who is aware of her approach round high-tech weapons. In lots of depictions of the character, she’s additionally a genius hacker.
Regardless of her standing as a fan favourite, Batgirl has solely appeared in live-action Batman films twice. Alicia Silverstone donned the cape in 1997’s Batman & Robin, however her character was named Barbara Wilson. She was recognized because the niece of Bruce Wayne’s butler, Alfred Pennyworth.
The 2008 movie The Darkish Knight included a short cameo from Hannah Gunn because the unnamed daughter of Commissioner Gordon, however she wasn’t referred to as Batgirl — the credit listed her solely as “Gordon’s daughter.”
In July 2021, information broke that Grace had landed the position of Batgirl within the new movie. The challenge would be the singer’s second film ever after her debut massive display screen look within the 2021 movie adaptation of Within the Heights.
“I can’t say a lot about what she goes to do, however Batgirl turns into her personal hero,” the New York Metropolis native advised Elle in October 2021. “[Her origin story] is loopy darkish, like loads of different superheroes, however I like that she turns into Batgirl as a result of she needs to make a distinction on this planet.”
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