2 Years Later, DC"s Batgirl Movie Cancelation Now Feels Even Harsher

After two years, DC"s decision to cancel Batgirl has aged poorly. DC shocked the superhero community when it announced that its Batgirl movie was scrapped. The film was directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah and starred Leslie Grace as the titular hero. While many projects can get canceled in development, Batgirl was almost complete with its production, making the decision more surprising. The film was deemed unreleasable after poor test screenings and Warner Bros. canceled it as a tax write-off to make back most of its budget.
While Batgirl"s cancelation was disappointing, it was understood that the movie"s quality was beyond saving. DC Studios co-chair Peter Safran said via Variety that Batgirl"s release would have "hurt DC" and "hurt those people involved." However, DC had a streak of box office flops after the film"s cancelation, making the studio"s judgment of quality more questionable. Joker: Folie à deux is another flop that the studio initially had plenty of faith in, but performed well below expectations. Everything that"s happened with DC in the last two years makes Batgirl"s cancelation even harsher.
The Team Behind Batgirl Show The Movie Had Clear Promise Batgirl Had A Wonderful Cast And Two Proven Filmmakers As Its Drectors Close The cancelled Batgirl movie had an impressive cast and crew, which makes it hard to believe this film couldn"t be released. Besides Grace, the film"s cast included J.K. Simmons as Jim Gordon, Brendan Fraser as Firefly, and Michael Keaton as Batman. Grace was coming off her star-making performance in In The Heights and would have been excellent as Barbara Gordon. Additionally, the film"s directors have been successful outside this film, so it"s hard to believe they made a movie so bad that it needed to be scrapped.


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