Back in 2021, Warner Bros. decided to create a number of feature films specifically for HBO Max. Amongst those greenlit for the streaming network was Batgirl. The film would be based on the DC Comics character, Barbara Gordon, who is the daughter of Gotham City’s police commissioner and moonlights as a vigilante. 

Leslie Grace of In The Heights had been cast in the titular role with Spider-Man: No Way Home star J.K. Simmons playing Commissioner James Gordon, Doom Patrol actor Brendan Fraser as Firefly, and Morbius star Michael Keaton appearing as Batman. 

Filming took place in Scotland between November 2021 and March 2022 with Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah of Bad Boys fame helming the project. 

Despite the movie being complete, Warner Bros. has decided not to release it on HBO Max or, in fact, anywhere at all. The decision is reportedly due to the company’s desire for DC films to rather be theatrical blockbusters. As Batgirl was budgeted to screen in homes on HBO Max, and not for a major global release in theaters, the $90 million production has effectively been killed. 

The Scooby-Doo adaptation, Scoob!: Holiday Haunt, which would have served as a sequel to the 2020 film, Scoob!, has also been shelved by the studio.

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It’s yet to be confirmed who exactly Fraser will play, but multiple sources reported he’s been cast as Firefly. He’s been introduced as a criminal who utilized lighting effects to commit robberies, before turning into a sociopathic pyromaniac with an obsession with starting fires.

Batgirl will be the first major DC movie to debut exclusively on HBO Max and it will center on Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Commissioner Gordon, as she takes on the mental of Batgirl. Leslie Grace, best known for her role in In the Heights, has been cast in the titular role, with Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah directing the project.

Brendan Fraser is experiencing somewhat of a career renascence right now, and Batgirl joins a long list of projects he’s currently working on. The Mummy star also joined Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon earlier this year.

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Casting for Barbara Gordon is underway and Leslie Grace (In the Heights) and Haley Lu Richardson (Five Feet Apart) are the top contenders for the upcoming HBO Max superhero film.

Testing for the role has begun and Isabela Merced (Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Dora and the Lost City of Gold) and Zoey Deutch (Zombieland: Double Tap, Why Him?) are also in the running.

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah will be directing Batgirl and the screenplay was written by Christina Hodson. Kristin Burr is producing.

The film will premiere on HBO Max, making it one of the first major DC projects to exclusively stream on the platform.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but we do know that Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Commissioner Gordon, will be playing the character wearing the cape. Gordon was first introduced in 1961 as Betty Kane and she’s the most established version of Batgirl.

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Back in 2021, Warner Bros. decided to create a number of feature films specifically for HBO Max. Amongst those greenlit for the streaming network was Batgirl. The film would be based on the DC Comics character, Barbara Gordon, who is the daughter of Gotham City’s police commissioner and moonlights as a vigilante. 

Leslie Grace of In The Heights had been cast in the titular role with Spider-Man: No Way Home star J.K. Simmons playing Commissioner James Gordon, Doom Patrol actor Brendan Fraser as Firefly, and Morbius star Michael Keaton appearing as Batman. 

Filming took place in Scotland between November 2021 and March 2022 with Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah of Bad Boys fame helming the project. 

Despite the movie being complete, Warner Bros. has decided not to release it on HBO Max or, in fact, anywhere at all. The decision is reportedly due to the company’s desire for DC films to rather be theatrical blockbusters. As Batgirl was budgeted to screen in homes on HBO Max, and not for a major global release in theaters, the $90 million production has effectively been killed. 

The Scooby-Doo adaptation, Scoob!: Holiday Haunt, which would have served as a sequel to the 2020 film, Scoob!, has also been shelved by the studio.

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It’s yet to be confirmed who exactly Fraser will play, but multiple sources reported he’s been cast as Firefly. He’s been introduced as a criminal who utilized lighting effects to commit robberies, before turning into a sociopathic pyromaniac with an obsession with starting fires.

Batgirl will be the first major DC movie to debut exclusively on HBO Max and it will center on Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Commissioner Gordon, as she takes on the mental of Batgirl. Leslie Grace, best known for her role in In the Heights, has been cast in the titular role, with Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah directing the project.

Brendan Fraser is experiencing somewhat of a career renascence right now, and Batgirl joins a long list of projects he’s currently working on. The Mummy star also joined Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon earlier this year.

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Casting for Barbara Gordon is underway and Leslie Grace (In the Heights) and Haley Lu Richardson (Five Feet Apart) are the top contenders for the upcoming HBO Max superhero film.

Testing for the role has begun and Isabela Merced (Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Dora and the Lost City of Gold) and Zoey Deutch (Zombieland: Double Tap, Why Him?) are also in the running.

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah will be directing Batgirl and the screenplay was written by Christina Hodson. Kristin Burr is producing.

The film will premiere on HBO Max, making it one of the first major DC projects to exclusively stream on the platform.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but we do know that Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Commissioner Gordon, will be playing the character wearing the cape. Gordon was first introduced in 1961 as Betty Kane and she’s the most established version of Batgirl.

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