WONDER WOMAN Director Patty Jenkins Expresses Her Excitement For Joss Whedon's BATGIRL Movie
During a new interview, Patty Kenkins was asked for her thoughts on Joss Whedon jumping ship to DC for Batgirl, and revealed that she's very excited to see his "fun approach" to the character...
We were all very surprised by the recent news that Avengers director Joss Whedon would be jumping ship to Warner Bros./DC to helm the studio's Batgirl movie, but most would tend to agree that the Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator is a (potentially) great fit for the character.
WB definitely seems to be making huge strides to get as many female-centric projects into production as possible, but before we get to Batgirl and Gotham City Sirens, Patty Jenkins will deliver Wonder Woman later this year - so it's fitting that we get to hear what she thinks of the Whedon news.
While being interviewed by The Toronto Sun, Jenkins states that she's actually still not certain that the deal is done - something we've also heard from a few other sources, incidentally - but if it is, she's very much looking forward to seeing Whedon's take on Babs:
"I don’t even know if that deal is done or not – I don’t have the inside scoop on that. But if it is done, then I’m excited about it. I think it’s super exciting. The tone of Joss’ work is great for female superheroes. He takes such a fun approach and I think he’ll have fun in the DC universe, which will be excited to have him.”
It seems likely that Whedon's film will draw inspiration from Gail Simone's New 52 incarnation of Barbara Gordon, so it'll be very interesting to see if he touches on Alan Moore's preceding tale, The Killing Joke, at all.
Tell us, do you share Jenkins' enthusiasm, or would you rather see someone other than Whedon take charge of the first (live-action) big screen take on Batgirl?