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I loved Leslie Grace in In the Heights and she is the main reason I wanted to see Batgirl. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to dedicate so much time and effort to a project and then have it thrown away. But we know that Batgirl was connected to the existing DC universe. J.K. Simmons...

I know that this is an unpopular opinion. But it was not the directors' footage. Yes, they shot it. But WB paid for it. The directors do not have any ownership rights to their footage. If WB wants to delete it, that is their prerogative. The situation sucks. But WB is within their rights...

Sure. But what is their alternative? They're going to keep making DC movies. They might as well try to make them as good as they can.

"Publicity around the film?" They hadn't started marketing it yet. There has been no publicity around the film prior to the news that it has been shelved. The general audience (the kind of people who don't spend their time reading movie news and talking on boards such as HTF like we do) is...

I think it is also worth noting that just because this movie is dead doesn't mean that Batgirl as a character is dead necessarily. WB could very easily start over from scratch and make a Batgirl movie that is more in line with the vision that Zazlav and his team are developing for DC. To be...

They would have the right to sell it if they want to and they don't take the tax write-off. But they have chosen to take a tax write-off and not release the film. I'm saying that we as fans need to accept that.

Not if they're taking a tax write-off. Warner Bros. will never sell a film involving DC IP to another studio. DC is their most valuable IP and they are going to retain control of it. I understand the desire on the part of the fans to see this. I loved Leslie Grace in In the Heights and I...

My internet service goes completely out for two days and this is what I come back to?! Good grief. This is a real bummer for everybody involved with the movie. Leslie Grace was absolutely phenomenal in In the Heights, which deserved a wider audience than it got. I was so glad when she got...

There are rumors going around that Batgirl could be moved to a theatrical release. This isn't being reported by the industry trades just yet, so I would take it with a grain of salt right now. But...maybe...

Variety has a new interview with Leslie Grace: https://variety.com/2022/film/columns/leslie-grace-batgirl-haagen-dazs-1235232986/

Leslie Grace confirmed on Instagram that production has wrapped.

Ivory Aquino has joined the cast with Alysia Yeah. https://deadline.com/2022/01/batgirl-ivory-aquino-to-play-alysia-yeoh-in-hbo-max-movie-1234918905/ I have not seen one from an official source. There was a report in one of the trades a while back that said it was coming in 2022, but I don't...

The Return of Jafar was an afterthought cheap way to make a quick buck. It was not essential to Disney's business plan. It wasn't even supposed to be a movie; it was the pilot for the Aladdin television series, and somebody thought, "What if we put this out on video instead?" Obviously, they...

I think the stigma about direct-to-video is the result of a previous era. For example, The Return of Jafar had a budget of $3.5 million and was clearly produced without regard to the visual quality being significantly lower than Aladdin. I think the animators did the best they could with the...

I don't think it is reasonable to assess the quality of a film based on where it opens. Your excitement level might be greater in a theater and that is fair. But making generalizations about quality, especially this far in advance, is really unfair to the film. We haven't even seen any...

This is being developed for HBO Max, and it will certainly be a big title for the streaming service. But I think they would be forgoing potentially a lot of money if it goes that route. Five of the top six films of 2021 to date are superhero movies, so this is clearly a genre that plays very...

Brendan Fraiser is playing the villain: https://deadline.com/2021/10/batgirl-brendan-fraser-leslie-grace-1234861890/

I agree with that and I look forward to seeing his film. If it did end up being total horror, I would probably not like it. But right now I have no particular reason to bet against Reeves making something I'm going to like. I think he did a great job with both of his Planet of the Apes films...

You're not wrong. And I don't want to speak for @Sam Favate so I'll speak for myself. While a Batman horror movie is a legitimate approach that a director could pursue, it is not something that sounds appealing to me personally. I suspect that is what Sam might be getting at here. As for...

J.K. Simmons is playing Jim Gordon in this movie, which puts it in continuity with the Zack Snyder films. That means the Joker in this universe would be Jared Leto based on his appearance in the original Suicide Squad. This is just a guess, but I kind of doubt that Leto will be involved in...

Leslie Grace spoke to Variety about getting the role: https://variety.com/2021/film/news/leslie-grace-batgirl-dc-comics-1235063616/

To be totally fair to Snyder, he did bring together an impressive group of stars, including Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. I don't like what he did with the characters, but the actors he introduced in his films aren't the problem. He is now working with Netflix, so I don't think the idea is to...

This is a surprise. J.K. Simmons, who played Jim Gordon in Justice League, is in talks to reprise that role for Batgirl. This would make the film an extension of the DCEU started by Zack Snyder, at least in terms of its casting choices...

In the Heights is one of the best-reviewed movies of the year and Leslie Grace is sensational in it. Plus, both Heights and Batgirl are for Warner, so people at the studio are already familiar with her. She delivered for them last time and I think she will again. Adil El Arbi and Bilall...

That's a good question. That probably depends on how much control Reeves was given in being the architect of his universe. If this is indeed a spinoff of that, I can't imagine they would go with an HBO Max release as opposed to theatrical.

WB is now making Batgirl as an exclusive for HBO Max, and its star is Leslie Grace. https://variety.com/2021/film/news/leslie-grace-batgirl-hbo-max-movie-1235024989/ If you haven't heard of her, go watch In the Heights, in which she was so sensational as Nina. I suggest that the thread title...

This project was announced when Whedon was brought onto it. I think I read somewhere that Whedon pitched it to WB. If we believe that this was a thing that was ever going to happen -- which like I said, I'm not sure -- but, for sake of argument: if Whedon brought it to them and Whedon then...

I'm not sure if I believe this was ever a movie that Whedon was actually going to make. We know that Whedon was brought onto Justice League earlier than the press reports that he was in were made public. I've read elsewhere, lately, that Snyder was essentially removed from the project before...