Batgirl: DC Comics film shelved by Warner Bros after poor reviews in test screenings

DC Comics movie “Batgirl” has been shelved by Warner Bros after receiving poor evaluations in check screenings, in response to US media.

The film, which reportedly value as much as $100m (£82m) to make, ranks among the many costliest movies to have been pulled whereas in post-production.

It was on account of star Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon, or Batgirl, and J.Okay. Simmons as her father Commissioner Jim Gordon.

Michael Keaton was on account of reprise his function as Batman and Brendan Fraser would have appeared because the villain Firefly.

The film was on account of seem on the HBO Max streaming service, with experiences suggesting in April that Warner Bros was additionally contemplating releasing the movie in cinemas.

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Nonetheless, it has been shelved altogether following damaging suggestions at a check screening which had been going down in anticipation of a late 2022 debut, in response to the New York Submit.

“They assume an unspeakable ‘Batgirl’ goes to be irredeemable,” a supply instructed the paper.

In the meantime, Warner Bros insiders are insisting the choice to axe the movie was not pushed by high quality, however the need for the studio’s slate of DC movies to be at a blockbuster scale, in response to the US leisure information web site Selection.

The studio has made a company determination to refocus its priorities again to cinematic options, Selection provides.

It comes after the movie, which was directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, did not obtain a point out at DC’s Comedian-Con panel in San Diego, California, in July.

The much-publicised occasion is designed to spice up publicity for such productions.

Grace instructed Selection in April that she had preliminary discussions with El Arbi and Fallah a couple of potential sequel for Batgirl.

“There’s loopy stunts, loopy drops,” Grace mentioned of the movie. “She’s a biker chick, so you are going to see her do a bunch of badassery… There have been plenty of lengthy days, but it surely was so value it.”

The choice to shelve Batgirl comes as Warner Bros is deciding what to do with DC adaption The Flash, which was on account of be launched in cinemas in 2023.

The movie’s star Ezra Miller has confronted repeated allegations of abuse and misconduct.