The movie Bat girl, whose premiere was canceled last week, is nevertheless revealed on the Instagram account of its co-director Adil El Arbi. The filmmaker posted a snapshot on Friday showing him on the set of the film with Leslie Grace (Batgirl) and Michael Keaton (Batman).
This is one of the few publicly released shots of this movie originally designed for streaming to attract subscribers on the HBO Max platform. Bat girl was the spearhead of a strategy aimed at bringing the DC universe to television (several series derived from the batman are planned).
Directed by the duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (bad boys 3, Ms. Marvel), Bat girl it was almost finished. The project was going to be broadcast later this year on the HBO Max platform.
The decision to cancel the launch of Bat girl is tied to a change in strategy at WarnerBros.: Former WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar has been replaced by David Zaslav, who wants to focus the studio’s activity on theaters. Another film -also almost finished- was a collateral victim of this new regime: the caricature Scoob!: Vacation Spota sequence of Scooby! (2020).
“Sad and Amazed”
Highly anticipated by fans of DC Comics, Bat girl should direct for the first time in a movie live action the adventures of the famous superheroine. Comedian Leslie Grace was cast in the role and it stars JK Simmons (Gordon), Brendan Fraser (villain Firefly), and Michael Keaton (Batman).
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah reacted with emotion to the cancellation announcement. “We are sad and stunned by the news. We still can’t believe it,” they said. On Instagram. “As directors, it is essential that our work is shown to the public, and although the film was far from complete, we would have liked fans around the world to be able to see and understand it.”
Source: BFM TV
