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Batgirl Movie Won’t Be Released
No-one’s entirely sure why, but Warner Bros Discovery have decided that the Batgirl film — which was nearing completion — won’t be released.
It was due to appear on HBO Max, the streaming platform, in the US (probably Sky here in the UK since they have a deal with HBO.)
Featuring Latina actress Leslie Grace as Batgirl, Michael Keaton as Batman, Brendon Fraser as villain Firefly, and Ivory Aquino as Alysia Yeoh — set to be the first Trans character in a DC feature film — the announcement seems to have come to a shock to everyone.
It also looks like it was a shock to the film’s directors, Adil El Arbi and Billall Fallah — who were also behind Disney+’s Ms Marvel — since they released a statement that literally said ‘we are shocked and saddened by the news.’
Warner Bros claim that the film was axed because… something-something-strategy?
It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, tbh.
They say they want to focus on theatrical releases — so the question has to be asked: if that was the case, why would they not just give Batgirl a theatrical release?