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‘Batgirl’: DC Studios head Peter Safran believes film release ‘would hurt DC’

While it looks like the storm is winding down, it’s been a very turbulent few months for the DC Universe. Between the leadership change at Warner Bros. Discovery and the signing of James Gunn and Peter Safran for the presidency of DC Studios, the direction the franchise would take was unknown. In this change of power, several projects have been cancelled, as was the case with ‘Batgirl’, a film which was in post-production when it was cancelled.

'Bad girl'

At the press event that Gunn and Safran hosted to talk about their plan with DC Studios, they asked (via Deadline) the filmmakers for their opinion regarding ‘Batgirl’s controversial cancellation. Safran was instructed to reply: “I’ve seen the movie, there are so many amazing people in front of and behind the camera in the movie, but which could not be released. Sometimes happens. I think Zaslav (President of Warner Bros. Discovery) and the team made the bold and risky decision to write it off. It wasn’t easy, but they made the right decision.” While it doesn’t give details on why, Safran Defends ‘Batgirl’ Release “it would have hurt DC and the people involved” in the movie.

Despite the cancellation, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, directors of ‘Batgirl’, could return to work with the superhero franchise, this time in the new plan that the presidents of DC Studios have just presented: “I spoke to Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah last week, we would like to do business with them. Christina Hodson wrote it and we’re making plans with her again.” Furthermore, he confirmed that the character is part of the future of the DC Universe: “It’s inevitable, Batgirl is one of the characters that we will include in our story.”

what would we have seen

“Batgirl,” which had wrapped filming when the project was cancelled, featured a story in which Barbara Gordon stood up to the evil Firefly. Leslie Grace was in charge of bringing the heroine to life, while Brendan Fraser played the antagonist. Moreover, “Batgirl” had the expected participation of Michael Keaton as Batman. 30 years after the premiere of “Batman Returns”, we would have seen the actor again in the role of the mythical DC hero.

‘Batgirl’ was supposed to premiere on HBO Max, but, after a test screening, it was canceled as part of Warner Bors plan. Discovery to reduce costs. The budget of the film was about 70 million dollars and the company is estimated to have saved $20 million with the cancellation.

Source: E Cartelera

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