BATGIRL: It Appears The Project Remains In Development At Warner Bros. Following AT&T Presentation

BATGIRL: It Appears The Project Remains In Development At Warner Bros. Following AT&T Presentation

Joss Whedon was once attached to write and direct Batgirl for Warner Bros., and while it's been a while since we've heard anything about Christina Hodson's take, the project still seems to be on the way.

By JoshWilding - Mar 12, 2021 10:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Batgirl

Way back in March 2017, Warner Bros. announced that The Avengers director Joss Whedon was set to write, direct, and produce a Batgirl movie. The news was met with a positive response, and many felt it must be a sign he was knocking those Justice League reshoots out of the park for the studio. 

How times change, eh? 

The filmmaker ultimately delivered a Justice League movie which spawned the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement, while he's also spent the past few years dealing with some serious misconduct allegations (with various cast members of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and most notably, Cyborg actor Ray Fisher speaking out against him).

It was in April 2019 we first heard that Birds of Prey and Bumblebee scribe Christina Hodson had been tapped to pen a new version of the Batgirl screenplay, but that's been it for a while now. 

Well, during AT&T's Analyst & Investor Day 2021 presentation today, a tease of the DC slate - for both film and television - seemingly confirmed that Batgirl remains in the works. Everything else here we already know about, though Batwheels sounds like a pretty fun time (we're guessing that one is animated).

It does, however, appear that the long-rumoured Zatanna project on HBO Max is moving ahead as planned.

Hopefully, we'll have a solid update to share on Batgirl sooner rather than later. 
 

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IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 3/12/2021, 10:03 AM
Oh good. Bat wheels is still rolling on!
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 3/12/2021, 1:38 PM
@IronGenesis - I find it odd because isn't BatWoman's ratings terrible right now? Not sure anyone's craving for a Batgirl when Batwoman is stumbling. Concept and execution are going to be too similar for people to really care about IMO.
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 3/12/2021, 2:21 PM
@mastakilla39 - bat woman is possibly poor execution, bad writing, the switch in lead actor...

And then more people just know BatGIRL. More brand name recognition than BatWOMAN

Going all the way back to the Adam West era.
KWilly
KWilly - 3/12/2021, 10:04 AM
Definitely will watch whatever Batgirl content they got in store. Hailee Steinfeld would've been a perfect choice, but she's Hawkeye now so...

Sophia Lillis? Jane Levy if they're shooting for someone older?
KWilly
KWilly - 3/12/2021, 10:27 AM
@Waddles - Ah... Haley Lu Richardson. That's my girl for this role.
Battabing
Battabing - 3/12/2021, 10:44 AM
@KWilly - It's interesting timing because Barbara Gordon just stepped back into the Oracle role in the comics.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 3/12/2021, 11:49 AM
@Battabing - Maybe you can explain it. What is the continuity at the moment? Is Infinite Frontier like Nu52 and a new main continuity, or is it like the last Secret Wars event where the main continuity was put on hold while events were taking place?

I'd probably have a better idea if I was reading them instead of letting them pile up, but I honestly just don't want to read a "temp main" storyline.
Batman5
Batman5 - 3/12/2021, 11:51 AM
@KWilly - I 10000% this!
Batman5
Batman5 - 3/12/2021, 11:52 AM
@KWilly - I 100000% this!!!
Battabing
Battabing - 3/12/2021, 12:07 PM
@Reeds2Much - It's basically "everything happened" and people's past lives in past continuities are catching up to them.

It also opens the door for characters that were dead to come back. Most, if not all of them, have been resurrected.
As I noted before, Barbara has stepped back into the role of Oracle and Stephanie Brown and Cassie Cain are the Batgirls in the field, alongside Huntress.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 3/12/2021, 12:52 PM
@Battabing - Oracle was my favorite iteration of Barbara. I just don't want to be reading and suddenly a "HA JUST KIDDING HERE'S THE REAL BABGIRL" reveal.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 3/12/2021, 10:04 AM
Out of all the people that worked on Birds of Prey, why is Christina Hodson getting more work at DC
dracula
dracula - 3/12/2021, 10:13 AM
@WakandanQueen - hopefully we get something more like Bumblebee and less like Birds Of Crap
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 3/12/2021, 10:15 AM
@dracula - Apparently Kelly Fremon Craig (Edge of Seventeen) did some major doctoring on the Bumblebee script.
dracula
dracula - 3/12/2021, 10:23 AM
@WakandanQueen - well that sucks, get that other writer to write it then
DartOfHarkness
DartOfHarkness - 3/12/2021, 12:41 PM
@WakandanQueen - Hodson is a horrible writer and a cancer to potentially good DC movies.
rebellion
rebellion - 3/12/2021, 10:06 AM
Messy and disjointed. Live action Dc in a nutshell.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 3/12/2021, 10:06 AM
That Zatanna project 👀
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 3/12/2021, 10:07 AM
KWilly
KWilly - 3/12/2021, 10:27 AM
@99OPTIMISTPRIME - Those animators knew what they were doing
UXASIS
UXASIS - 3/12/2021, 10:07 AM
Batgirl comics never interested me.

Now if they made Cassandra Cain an assassin (instead of what we got)...
dracula
dracula - 3/12/2021, 10:24 AM
@DARKSEIDDIS - cassandra cain would be great in a John Wick style solo movie. But no they butchered her in birds of prey
dracula
dracula - 3/12/2021, 10:08 AM
Could have made it on that 70 million they wasted on the snyder cut
dracula
dracula - 3/12/2021, 10:09 AM
If it happens leave it out of the crappy DCEU and connect it to The Batman instead
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 3/12/2021, 10:09 AM
I always hated that mask design, it both looks stupid and doesn't conceal identiy
OmegaBlack13
OmegaBlack13 - 3/12/2021, 10:54 AM
@Nightwing1015 - They could at least give it the opaque lense
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 3/12/2021, 11:33 AM
@OmegaBlack13 - Yeah honestly I think the Rebirth costume is maybe Batgirl's worst ever but that's just me
Kyos
Kyos - 3/12/2021, 10:10 AM
The Batman
The Suicide Squad
Shazam 2
Superman & Lois
Harley Quinn

The only things I'm interested right now. Maybe Static Shock could join that club once we know more.
nibs
nibs - 3/12/2021, 10:10 AM
What's the Zatanna project? Is that part of Abrams JLD universe?
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