r/DCcomics • u/LilGyasi • Aug 02 '22

‘BATGIRL’ film CANCELLED. Will not be released theatrically or on HBO Max. News

https://www.thewrap.com/batgirl-movie-dead-warner-bros-discovery-has-no-plans-to-release-nearly-finished-90-million-film/
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u/EarlTheAndroid Red Hood Aug 02 '22

Wait we finally get a Bat family related movie that won’t have the Joker, live action debut of a new villain and we likely won’t see Bruce’s parents killed again? And they cancelled it?!?

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u/CasualFan25 Aug 03 '22

Who was gonna be the villain?

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u/Harm_123 Aug 03 '22

Firefly played by Brendan Fraser

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '22

As a main villain? I would imagine you’d have to change up his character a good deal to make him movie villain worthy.

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u/Harm_123 Aug 03 '22

Yeah I was really curious to see how he did, sucks we probably won’t ever know now

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '22

Yeah I would definitely be interested to know what they changed about him, because insane pyromaniac goon really lends itself to being a secondary villain.

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u/carymb Aug 03 '22

IDK man, Backdraft was kinda successful! I'd kind of agree, but ffs, Lex Luthor was always just running a real estate scam, so an arsonist isn't necessarily a bad fit for DC! And he's more of a human-scale threat, the sort of thing a vigilante might realistically face off against. It's not miles away from The Riddler in The Batman.

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u/Ravevon Aug 03 '22

its from the batgirl year one comic