Batgirl Movie May Move From Streaming To Theaters Due To WB Changes
The Batgirl movie could move from releasing on a streaming platform to in theaters due to Warner Bros. changes, according to reports. Set for a 2022 release, Batgirl is a project that has been in the works for some time, and originally began life in 2017, with Joss Whedon attached as writer/director. After Whedon departed, Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Films hired the duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to direct Batgirl. The script was also completely rewritten, with British screenwriter Christina Hodson, who wrote Birds of Prey and upcoming DCEU movie The Flash, brought in to pen a brand new screenplay in 2018. Since then the movie has gained traction, and, following a few delays as a result of the pandemic, Batgirl has a release date penciled in for later this year.
Batgirl will follow the crime-fighting adventures of Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Commissioner James Gordon, as she dons a suit and becomes the vigilante known as Batgirl. The movie will star Leslie Grace in the lead role, with supporting turns from Brendan Fraser, J.K. Simmons, Ivory Aquino, and Michael Keaton, who will reprise his role as Batman/Bruce Wayne for the first time since 1992's Batman Returns. The original plan was that the movie would be released on HBO streaming platform HBO Max later this year, but things may now change on this front.
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Due to personnel changes following the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, it seems that the movie could get a theatrical release instead. According to reports from Puck, former CEO Jason Kilar had plans to release the movie on the streaming platform, but new CEO David Zaslav is considering a theatrical release for the film. Under
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