Batgirl directors ‘shocked’ as Warner Bros axes already-filmed US$90 million movie
- Warner Bros Discovery halted work on its new Batgirl superhero movie despite having already filmed the US$90 million picture
- Film was to star Leslie Grace as Batgirl, Michael Keaton returning as Batman, J.K. Simmons and Brendan Fraser
The directors of Batgirl said they were “shocked” that the US$90 million superhero film had been axed by the studio and will now not be released in any format.
Warner Bros Discovery announced they were shelving the movie adaptation of the DC Comics character, which was to star Leslie Grace in the title role, alongside Michael Keaton as Batman, preventing it from being seen in either theatres or on streaming platform HBO Max.
“We are saddened and shocked by the news. We still can’t believe it,” directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah wrote on Instagram.
“As directors, it is critical that our work be shown to audiences, and while the film was far from finished, we wish that fans all over the world would have had the opportunity to see and embrace the final film themselves.”
The movie had completed principal photography and much of the post-production work – where special effects, sound and graphics are added – was also done.
Star Grace (In the Heights) had told interviewers how excited she was to have landed the roll, and how thrilled she was to be working with Keaton and other luminaries.