BATGIRL Directors Weren't Told Why They Had Characters From Different Universes In Their Movie

BATGIRL Directors Weren't Told Why They Had Characters From Different Universes In Their Movie

Batgirl directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have revealed that Warner Bros. didn't explain to them why their movie was inhabited by characters from both the SnyderVerse and Burton-Verse. Check it out!

By JoshWilding - Jul 18, 2022 10:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Batgirl
Source: The Direct

The Flash was set to be released this November, but plans changed (likely due to star Ezra Miller's continued public meltdown) and the movie will now speed into theaters next June. That leaves Batgirl in limbo as it features Michael Keaton's Batman and J.K. Simmons' Commissioner Gordon due to an amalgamation of worlds that will be explained by the Scarlet Speedster's movie.

Clearly, Barry Allen travels back in time and does some irreparable damage to the timeline that creates a new DC Extended Universe with the original big screen Batman in place of Ben Affleck's Dark Knight.

Warner Bros. can't release Batgirl without explaining this first, but it sounds like they didn't even tell directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah what was going on. Comparing the studio's bosses to Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, El Arbi explained that they had little to no context for Keaton's Caped Crusader sharing the screen with the SnyderVerse's Jim Gordon.

"We would also ask, 'Oh, you have J.K. Simmons from the Snyderverse and we got Michael Keaton from the Burton-verse. What’s the situation there?' And they would say, 'Don’t worry about it. We got a plan,'" the filmmaker reveals. "They never really explained that aspect to us."

"I guess you’re gonna have to see the other movies to understand what happens, why the reason is that we ended up in sort of a spaghetti of Multiverses in that aspect. It’s gonna be a delicious spaghetti, I’m sure of that."

Not knowing the background for this new status quo clearly didn't affect El Arbi and Fallah too much, though we're assuming this means Batman 89's presence in the DCEU won't be addressed in a meaningful way in Batgirl (unless a post-credits scene is added). 

While Feige always has a plan, the same can't be said for Warner Bros., so who knows if they even have a full grasp what's going on here. Miller's ongoing issues may have also forced them to pause wider plans for The Flash's aftermath, so it appears we'll just have to wait and see how this play out (things may be a little clearer by next summer). 

As for Batgirl, we're anticipating it being released sometime in 2023.

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Inktown03
Inktown03 - 7/18/2022, 10:49 AM
The title 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤦🏾‍♂️
oldnoname
oldnoname - 7/18/2022, 10:51 AM
oof Look what they've done to my characters

marlon_brando_godfather_crying.jpg
TheVengeance
TheVengeance - 7/18/2022, 11:47 PM
@oldnoname - Batman however has never been sitting prettier. 89, TDK Trilogy vibes with Reeves first outing and a very promising future.
krayzeman
krayzeman - 7/18/2022, 10:51 AM
Yep! That’s sounds EXACTLY like a thing DC executives would say and do!
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 7/18/2022, 10:54 AM
Definitely never thought we'd see this gif used in a literal sense

Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 7/18/2022, 10:54 AM
"Don’t worry about it. We got a plan."-DC/WB

GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 7/18/2022, 10:55 AM
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 7/18/2022, 10:57 AM
Should this film even go to theaters anymore if Flash is the end of the DCEU or is going to be discontinued? Batgirl is going to end up like Morbius, a weird in-between-quel/filler that doesn't mean anything.

I wonder if Peacemaker is going to be canned now too.
demery
demery - 7/18/2022, 11:00 AM
Can't wait to see what Adil & Bilall have in store for Batgirl.

Those two plus the cast are honestly why I'm cautiously optimistic about this one.
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 7/18/2022, 11:01 AM
Ah WB.....this has gone on long enough.

Create a DC studio already and let them do their thing 🙄
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 7/18/2022, 11:01 AM

Because the last thing you want is for the people you're working with to know what that plan is.
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 7/18/2022, 11:05 AM
Just put up that leaked Flash plot rundown before the movie starts, as a sort of preface.

There I sorted it for you WB. No need to thank me.
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