BATGIRL Directors Reveal Whether THE FLASH's Delay Means They Will Need To Reshoot Parts Of The Movie

BATGIRL Directors Reveal Whether THE FLASH's Delay Means They Will Need To Reshoot Parts Of The Movie

Batgirl directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have addressed The Flash's recent release date delay, explaining whether that has any sort of impact on when their DC Comics adaptation will debut...

By JoshWilding - Jun 04, 2022 08:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Batgirl
Source: Insider

The Flash was supposed to be released in theaters this November, with Batgirl's HBO Max debut reportedly set to take place the following month. A lot has changed since then, of course, with new leadership at Warner Bros. and the Scarlet Speedster's first solo outing pushed into 2023. 

Whether Batgirl gets a theatrical or streaming release, it wouldn't make sense for the movie to come out before The Flash. After all, that blockbuster will bring back Michael Keaton's Batman, and if he's just there in Batgirl with no explanation, a lot of people will no doubt be very confused. So, if Barbara Gordon's return is still slated for December, has that led to reshoots? 

Directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah recently spoke to Insider, with the filmmakers confirming that they don't even know what release date their movie will have. "We don't know when 'Batgirl' is coming out," El Arbi stated before adding, "No one told us nothing about tweaks, just to carry on."

During the same conversation, Falla would "confirm" that "The O.G. Batman is in the movie," though that's hardly news at this point.

Rumour has it Warner Bros. Discovery's new CEO David Zaslav isn't a fan of producing these expensive DC Comics movies for HBO Max, so there's a good chance Batgirl arrives in theaters. When that will be is obviously hard to say, especially as The Flash is now slated for a June 23, 2023 debut.

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/4/2022, 9:10 AM
The O.G batman? Should we tell him? Lmao
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/4/2022, 10:14 AM
Ignorance is bliss
James93
James93 - 6/4/2022, 10:30 AM
@GhostDog - this is the 49' serial, correct?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/4/2022, 10:48 AM
@James93 - 43 I believe
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 6/4/2022, 12:14 PM
@GhostDog - I really want a Batman movie in that style.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/4/2022, 12:20 PM
@TheSuperMex - I’d kill for a pulpy 30s serial vibe Batman

Directed by this man


He wanted to direct Batman 89 too but the studio wanted Burton instead
dracula
dracula - 6/4/2022, 1:23 PM
@GhostDog - thats the second, this is the first
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 6/4/2022, 12:25 PM
Really wonder what we can expect of this movie, and when. I do look forward to it, even though I have no idea what's going. Look forward to Simmons, Leslie and Fraser though
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 6/4/2022, 12:48 PM
I'd really rather see movies be a little bit out of continuity (on release) than have studios scrambling to "fix" them with reshoots. It may cause a little bit of confusion at the time of release that (for example) Thanos snapped away half of the universe but then Ant-Man and the Wasp have a silly adventure right afterward where that didn't happen yet. But on a rewatch, even the most casual viewers can roll with it.

Just make the best possible movies you can and even if the timeline is a bit muddy, it should all make sense in retrospect. (I'm still hazy on how Multiverse of Madness and No Way Home unfolded, but it feels like both movies suffered from trying to navigate where the other one fit.)
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 6/4/2022, 1:09 PM
To put a finer point on it: if there's something like cameo or a big reveal only has an impact when it unfolds a very specific way, it probably reflects an overall weakness of that moment.

You can watch a great moment (like Vader revealing his identity to Luke or the Infinity War snap) even knowing they're coming, even knowing the aftermath, even many times over, and still have an emotional reaction to them. That reaction evolves and changes depending on how you understand the context, but it's never "ruined" because you know what happens afterward.
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 6/4/2022, 3:05 PM
I'd be much more concerned about them not knowing when the movie's coming out than them not knowing if it matters when it comes out in respects to the Flash
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