“A mix of Nolan and Burton”: New statements about a scrapped DC film make everything worse

It was a bit of a shock – not just for DC fans, but also for those involved with the film, who themselves were surprised by the violent decision: Warner announced in August 2022 that it would be releasing the star-studded comedy adventure “Batgirl“ will not be published – even though filming had already been completed.

The reasons for this have never been officially disclosed, but are likely to vary. Even if later DC Studios co-head Peter Safran claimed the film didn’t come out, that was probably less due to its quality than to the fact that the comic adaptation, which cost ‘only’ 70 million, apparently was not made for the cinema. Warner’s spectacle strategy and the DCEU’s timetable at the time would have fit. Plus, by canceling you can probably write off millions in taxes.

The directing duo Adil El Arbi And Bilal Fallah In any case, (“Bad Boys For Life”) is still struggling with the fact that their DC contribution was simply thrown in the trash. Now they have given some vent to their bitterness – and thus made the failure to release the film even more painful…

Oscar-worthy Brendan Fraser in a Nolan Burton mix

Just like lead actress Leslie Grace, who described ‘Batgirl’ as ‘incredible’, El Arbi and Fallah’s statements make it more than clear how proud they are of their film, which they still think about every day. The approach they would have taken sounds very exciting, especially for Batman fans: “It was a mix of Nolan and Burton,” El Arbi told the website . “Gotham City was a more realistic world and the story was very simple and emotional.”

‘Batgirl’ could have been an interesting mix of Tim Burton’s surreal, dark ‘Batman’ films and Christopher Nolan’s grounded ‘The Dark Knight’ trilogy. And that’s not all: For El Arbi and Fallah, “Batgirl” wasn’t just a comedy action spectacle, but rather a film that thrived on its illustrious cast, including Batman returnee Michael Keaton and JK Simmons commissioner Gordon and Brendan Fraser as the villain. Firefly. According to El Arbi, Fraser in particular should have won an Oscar for the dramaThe whales“ immediately delivered his next Oscar-worthy performance.

Small CGI

This focus and the smaller budget also ensured that that “Batgirl” stood out from the monotony of superheroes when it came to action and relied much less on computer effects: “We’re not really into CGI,” El told Arbi . “So we used a lot of miniature models. There was a great action scene where a truck crashed into a tunnel and we did that with miniatures, like Burton did in Batman. It was the coolest thing we ever did in a movie, it was old-fashioned.”

Like I said, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah don’t make it easy that “Batgirl” will probably never be released…