Fanboys unite, Marvel’s ex godfather is potentially jumping ship, and he’s being eyed to helm a Batgirl movie.
A news report from Variety today has Joss Whedon, former Marvel guru to produce, write and direct a Batgirl movie. This is just speculation right now, and it seems negotiations are underway for that to happen, and this is all around great news for fans of the DCEU. If this news happens to be true, is Joss Whedon the man who can save the DCEU? If so, what does this mean for the future landscape of Warner Bros. most prize possession? No stranger to comic book movies or strong female leads, I think Joss Whedon is just the man to tackle this iconic DC character.
Fans of Buffy The Vampire Slayer know just how much Joss cares about strong female leads, and he certainly knows how to tell a good story, something that comic book movies may lack these days. With Wonder Woman fast approaching, I really dig how DC might be giving us another female led comic book franchise, something Marvel has yet to do. Barbara Gordon known as Batgirl, is the daughter of Commissioner Gordon and a trusty ally to Batman. She hasn’t been heard from since she was portrayed in Batman & Robin, and well that was just hot garbage. After his experiences with making Avengers: Age of Ultron, and how tiresome of an experience that was for him, maybe a lower stakes movie, with focusing on just one single character is just what Joss needs right now.
It will be interesting to see where they go with the character, in the comics she ultimately ends up becoming paralyzed by the Joker, and becomes Oracle, Batman’s eyes and ears of Gotham, and we don’t know her current state in the DCEU at this time. She’s a fantastic character, and a big part of the Bat family, and giving her a proper solo movie would be awesome to see. If this ends up happening, I’m sure casting rumors won’t be far behind, and personally I think Allison Williams (fresh off her on screen debut in Get Out) could be a really cool choice for the character. Something about her makes me believe she could pull of Batgirl, and do the character justice. Another casting choice would be Alexandra Daddario, she’s up and coming, and has been apart of a franchise before. I’m sure Emma Stone will be everyone’s first pick, but I just don’t see her being Batgirl, and she’s already been apart of comic book franchise, and that didn’t really work out too well for her. Warner Bros. has a tendency to eye directors and then scare them away, it happened just last fall. So here’s hoping this becomes reality, because Joss Whedon just might be the man to save the DCEU!
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If this is true, the result could be very interesting.
Agree! Everything seems to be moving in a positive direction for the DCEU after SS and BvS!