Josh Whedon Batgirl Solo Film ?
 

Batgirl is flying solo. The superheroine is getting her own standalone movie from filmmaker Joss Whedon.

Whedon is nearing a deal to write, direct, and produce an untitled Batgirl pic for Warner Bros. as part of its DC Extended Universe.

No other producers are currently attached. Toby Emmerich, president and chief content officer of Warner Bros. Pictures Group is overseeing with Jon Berg and Geoff Johns. The new project originated in the past month.

Batgirl is one of the most popular superheroines in the world, but has never gotten her own movie. The project will also feature other characters from the world of Gotham.

Batgirl first appeared in DC Comics in 1967 as Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Gotham City police commissioner James Gordon in “The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!” by writer Gardner Fox and artist Carmine Infantino.

The Batgirl project will be the second movie from DC Films to star a female lead after Gal Gadot’s “Wonder Woman,” which opens June 2. Extensive footage was shown Wednesday at CinemaCon.

source http://variety.com/2017/film/news/ba...os-1202018544/

Cue the nerdboy rage in 3...2...1...

Yaaay!

... Forget it.

Not sure how I feel about Whedon doing it, as I'd probably prefer some other directors, but YES.

Batgirl to the big screen!

What won't happen, but I'd love to be the case, would be Babs as Oracle training the new Batgirl (probably Cassandra Cain) with flashbacks to Babs as the first Batgirl.

In this particular DC cinematic universe that would make the most sense. It's kind of strange if the very first Batgirl ever pops up in a Dark Knight Returns-era.

A lot of very strange decisions.

So right now, in development, we have Nightwing, Batgirl, Black Adam, Captain Marvel, Gotham City Sirens, Suicide Squad 2, Harley Quinn: The Movie, Green Lantern Corps, Justice League Dark, Cyborg, Flash, Aquaman, Man of Steel 2, and The Batman.

lol... not even half of those will ever happen.

Wasn't Batgirl, or at least Barbara Gordon, supposed to be in BvS?

No, never. Though a ton of people speculated/really wanted to believe that Jena Malone was playing Barbara Gordon in her deleted scenes. But the scenes were restored in the extended cut, and that's not Barbara.

Yeah, shoulda Googled that. Jena Malone's character was rumored to be Babs but that never was the case.

I love Whedon, so I'm game for whatever he does. Surprised he's having another go at a superhero universe movie so soon after the way Marvel treated him on AoU.

To me, this and the Nightwing movie announcement a couple weeks back feels like more evidence leaning towards Affleck being on his way out.

Yeah. But you and I both know which of those movies have a much higher chance of happening. I call it the "Batman" test...

Nightwing? Batman sidekick, so Yes.
Batgirl? Batman sidekick, so Yes.
Black Adam? Nope.
Shazam? Nope.
Gotham City Sirens? Batman rogues, so Yes.
Suicide Squad? Batman rogues, so Yes.
Green Lantern Corps? Nope.
Justice League Dark? Nope.
Cyborg? Nope.
The Flash? Nope.
Aquaman? Not Batman, but already filming, so Yes.
Man of Steel 2? I really hope otherwise, but Nope.
The Batman? Eventually, Yes.

They'll make Black Adam simply to keep the Rock in the fold.

Joss Whedon is going to have Batgirl constantly making quips and then talking about how women are so much stronger than men in the movie, right?

Or maybe have a heart-to-heart with Killer Croc, talking about how similar they are to each other because the Joker sterilized her when he shot her in the gut.

At least its not Paul Fieg's batgirl where all the men are incompetent morons and Batgirl is played by an unfunny middle aged woman :lol:

I would be interested depending who they cast as Batgirl and as long as they are not going with the Oracle story line.

Surprised by the reaction.

I think this is a great choice, but I don't have strong ties to Batgirl.

I wouldn't vouch for everything Joss does, but he has done some great work. Love his Astonishing X-Men run and I think he did well with the first Avengers film.

This seems to be right up his alley. Hopefully he can squeeze a little Batfleck in there. assuming Ben sticks around. I wouldn't be surprised if part of his departure as director of The Batman coincides with an agreement to do some more cameos in other DC films. I could see WB seeing this as a good compromise.

The thing is though since this Batman is in his 40's and Dick is already Nightwing, wouldn't Barbara have to be in her 30's at least?

They can't do a young 20 something year old Barbara in College if everyone else is already older in this universe.

Hence why my idea might actually come to pass... hopefully the DCEU is willing to embrace the idea of Robin and Batgirl as mantles passed down from individual to individual.

I mean... we've got a dead Robin and a Nightwing movie, so it seems this is indeed will be the case. But it's easier to sell the non-comic audience on "multiple Robins" then on "multiple Batgirls." Just look at the New 52. :trolleye:

I can't seem making any Batgirl movie about anyone other than Barbara Gordon though. She's the only well known Batgirl to the general public.

DC just needs to ignore timelines/continuity like Fox does with their Marvel movies and make the movie they want and not try to fit it into any shared universe.

Just from the outset this looks like a DC movie I'll catch in the theater.
That hasn't happened since Man of Steel.

What I'm trying hardest to figure out is who Summer Glau will end up being cast as...

This doesn't have to be set in the current timeline. Wouldn't be surprised if the Batman movie takes place before the events of Man of Steel either.

Talia al Ghul? I'd be down for that.

And yeah, I'm super excited and hopeful for this. It's not often when I can take the wife to a CBM that SHE'S excited for. So far, it's been Guardians of the Galaxy 1 and 2, the Captain America sequels, and Wonder Woman...

Per Entertainment Weekly:

I wouldn't be surprised if this was WB's intended take on "A Killing Joke".

Not saying it's a great idea to do it this way, but they like to adapt the comic book storylines.

Well. Yeah. Figured. :tsad:

Disappointed, but not surprised. Just avoid "Burnside" and "HipsterBabs" and I'll be content.

Also, some Killing Joke flashbacks would be nice.

Yay! Flashbacks to when Babs was sexually victimized as a kid!
Just what we needed!

Would it be less fridgy if she was just physically crippled and the whole sexual angle of Joker's attack was completely ignored?

Also, hopefully we can get Babs to create a Birds of Prey... and bring in Spoiler, Huntress, Black Canary, and STARLING.

I'd love to see a Whedon movie of Batgirl of Burnside, it's fun, spunky and entertaining.

Whedon doing a movie based off Simone's stuff would be nifty too. But, the less KJ the better, there's enough doom and gloom in DCEU

Not really.
I mean, maybe if I considered myself more of a DC person the tweak would have more meaning?
But to be honest? Even with Whedon at the helm, a dude whose stuff I am generally a fan of, I'm all good with that story line.

I see that name in there again, though. That's what's going to screw this up.

Geoff Johns.

Right now I'm VERY TORN on this. I'm a big fan of the character of Batgirl, but for the past couple of years I have not watched anything Whedon has done in the past or present. What he did here is truly awful.

http://www.inquisitr.com/3890026/fil...use-its-funny/

The same can be said for Whedon's good friend Mark Ruffalo and his work. Since late 2015 I have been taking a long hiatus from watching him in anything until Thor: Ragnorak because of him being so extreme and public about his own dirty habits.

The LEGO Batman Movie really allowed Barbara Gordon/Batgirl to shine. So, while I might have to think a while about seeing this film I hoping that the movie will show her in a positive light.

Judging by his comics, I can't understand what everyone seems to love about Geoff Johns.

That being said, I'm not sure why you think he'll screw this up. I feel like he probably has little say in this, despite his new title. Maybe you know something I don't.

I'm sure that'd be the idea.

What's also funny is that Whedon very publicly announced just a couple months back that he wouldn't be doing anything with "other people's characters" in the foreseeable future. WB must have had a sizeable truck of money for him.

I find it funny that the director of the first two giant crossover movies in the MCU is now doing a DCCU movie.

As for the actual movie, I feel the same way about this that I do with the Nightwing movie. I'm very excited for them but DC has been announcing way too many movies. At least see how WW and JL do before announcing 10+ movies.

It's sort of a much, much more bloated version of the typical studio attempts to instill audience confidence when a movie premieres.

You know, Green Lantern drops... suddenly there's 10 articles about, "Green Lantern 2 is greenlit!" and so forth, and all the fans take it as an absolute. And then the movie never even makes it to pre-production. We've seen that kind of thing happen a million times.

And it's such a foolish thing to do when you're just starting out. Announcing their entire ten-year plan on one day, one event, was the absolute stupidest way DC could have kicked off their cinematic universe. Announcing effing Cyborg when BvS hadn't come out yet.... what genius came up with that?

Shhh. Shhhh. Don't question genius.

Only hopes and dreams and puppies and starlight now. And incredible movies.

:tlol:

The day Cyborg comes out in theaters is the day we know the Matrix is glitching.

I would love to see a batgirl movie. I hope it happens. It has to be great though.

It's also not Batgirl