Michael Keaton Gifts Batgirl Directors Signed Batman Returns Movie Book

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Michael Keaton has gifted Batgirl directors a special book. After passing through various creative changes, Barabara Gordon, aka Batgirl, was finally on track to join the DCEU with a solo film helmed by Bad Boys for Life directing duo Adil El Arbi and Billal Fallah, with a screenplay from Birds of Prey and The Flash writer Christina Hudson. In the Heights' actress Leslie Grace was attached to play the lead, while Keaton and J.K. Simmons were reprising their characters as Batman and Commissioner Jim Gordon, respectively. Filming had wrapped in March, and all was well for the movie until earlier this week when Warner Bros. Discover made an unprecedented decision and revealed that Batgirl had been shelved.

The move sparked an instantaneous uproar, with fans and Hollywood figures protesting the move and demanding the decision be overturned. However, WB later released an official statement over Batgirl's cancelation, stressing that the movie was shelved because the newly formed conglomerate WBD is course-correcting the studio's streaming release strategy. After the WBD press release, El Arbi and Fallah opened up about Batgirl's cancelation, expressing their dismay and stating they deserve to show their work to the world. Many industry bigwigs, including Kevin Feige and James Gunn, have since extended their support to the directors, and the cast members of the movie are also standing by them during this dire time.

Related: Where Does Batgirl's Cancellation Leave Ben Affleck's Batman?

Now, El Arbi has shared how Keaton showed encouragement to the director duo in the wake of Batgirl's cancelation. The helmer posted the thoughtful present that Keaton sent to him and Fallah on his Instagram story. The gift in question is a signed