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Post by politicidal on Dec 6, 2022 22:44:06 GMT
The directors have a meeting with James Gunn scheduled.
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Jan 1, 2023 14:10:26 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Jan 2, 2023 0:08:07 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Jan 2, 2023 1:49:10 GMT
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Post by darkpast on Jan 2, 2023 1:55:59 GMT
surely the hashtags will work
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Post by politicidal on Jan 3, 2023 15:34:16 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Jan 4, 2023 21:49:03 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Jan 31, 2023 19:15:32 GMT
Peter Safran on the canceled movie:
"...There were a lot of incredibly talented people in front and behind the camera on that film. But that film was not releasable. And it happens sometimes. And I actually think that [Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David] Zaslav and the team made a very bold and courageous decision to cancel it because it would have hurt DC and it would have hurt the people involved in making it. [‘Batgirl’] would not have been able to compete in the theatrical marketplace. It was built for the small screen. And so again, you know, I think that it was not an easy decision, but they made the right decision."
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Post by scabab on Feb 1, 2023 0:59:35 GMT
Yeah sounds like the movie was going to be a disaster that if it had released would have only bombed anyway. Probably better off cancelling the entire thing so as to save on marketing costs and avoid giving DC another Catwoman for people to look down on.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Feb 1, 2023 1:35:46 GMT
Yeah sounds like the movie was going to be a disaster that if it had released would have only bombed anyway. Probably better off cancelling the entire thing so as to save on marketing costs and avoid giving DC another Catwoman for people to look down on. It wasn’t going to be released in theaters.
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Post by politicidal on Feb 10, 2023 4:43:36 GMT
Brendan Fraser -- who starred in the role of supervillain Firefly in the controversially scrapped film -- talked to Howard Stern about his time shooting on location for the movie. "Gotham never looked better cast as Glasgow, Scotland," the Oscar-nominated actor said. "It's decaying, and just gorgeous. It's like it's Gotham City, you know? It's perfectly cast. You believe it no matter where you look in the town, if you light it the right way."
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Post by politicidal on Feb 14, 2023 2:55:46 GMT
Variety talked at length actress Leslie Grace.
When the news came out in August that the movie was being shelved, what went through your mind?
It was like deflating a balloon. On that day, I was very much just taking it all in, but also so sure of the magic that happened — in my experience and what I saw in my cast, in our team — that I was like, “This must be some crazy thing that we have no control over.” I tend to be a very optimistic and positive person in these types of circumstances, and I just really leaned on the beauty of the idea that I got to have this experience in my life. Even though I would’ve loved to share that with the rest of the world, nothing can take that experience away from us.
New DC Studios head Peter Safran most recently said the movie was “not releasable,” and that it could have could hurt DC. Is there anything in your mind that can justify that?
I had my own meetings with Warner Bros. Film Group CEOs Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca, and they explained to me, on a granular level, what they felt about the project, things that were out of their hands, plans and budgets that were set in place before they were even part of the team. There are a lot of things that I learned through the experience about moviemaking, that as an actress you have no control over. They weren’t really specific on anything creative in terms of what they felt about the film and how it would’ve hurt DC creatively. But I’m a human being, and people have perceptions and people read things. And when words are expressed very lightly about work that people really dedicated a lot of time to — not just myself but the whole crew — I can understand how it could be frustrating.
There was nothing that you saw while you were shooting that said, “This movie’s not going to work”?
I’m not going to lie to you. In every film, there are obstacles, and our film was nothing short of that. Half of the shoot was night shoots in Scotland, where it never stops raining. So there were obstacles, but at the end of the day, because of the incredible crew, nothing that ever got in the way of us delivering what we knew we wanted to deliver for this film. At least from what I was able to see.
Did you ever see a final cut of the film?
That’s the one thing I asked for. I got to see the film as far as it got to; the film wasn’t complete by the time that it was tested. There were a bunch of scenes that weren’t even in there. They were at the beginning of the editing process, and they were cut off because of everything going on at the company. But the film that I got to see — the scenes that were there — was incredible. There was definitely potential for a good film, in my opinion. Maybe we’ll get to see clips of it later on.
When you spoke to Variety last April, you had just wrapped the movie and you said you were already talking to the directors about a sequel.
We still are. We were so excited about all the ideas that we had, because you can see long- term potential in the story that we were beginning to build.
Obviously, Peter Safran and his co-chairman at DC, James Gunn weren’t there when this decision was made, but have they reached out to you?
No, I haven’t heard from them. But I wish them the best on all the plans that they’ve got rolling out. They’ve got a lot of projects to handle, and it’s not an easy job.
Matt Reeves’ “Batman” with Robert Pattinson is getting a sequel, and there’s talk that it will include more of the Bat family. Would you consider coming back to play Batgirl?
We’ve definitely had conversations about Batgirl’s future and how Batgirl can make a resurgence. I think fans are looking forward to seeing that. We’ll just see where that takes us; I can’t say one way or the other if that is a reality at this point. I can’t speak too much about a future for Bat- girl or guarantee anything. The last thing that I would want to do is give folks any kind of inkling of something that I have not much control over — as we’ve learned.
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Post by politicidal on Feb 14, 2023 20:02:35 GMT
As Fraser said, when asked if he'd do more DC projects: "Um, maybe... everything is contingent on what it's about, the role. I mean, the job's not easy to do, no matter who's producing it. I just finished up with Doom Patrol, which is also a DC property, and that's a unique cast. I loved that Riley Shanahan, an actor who wore all the gear, and I could just do the voice. I could do the job in my longjohns at home, because I was in a recording studio, so it was the best day job ever. Apart from that, I'm open to it."
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Post by politicidal on Mar 24, 2023 1:05:07 GMT
Rogers discusses his work as a stunt coordinator on Batgirl. He explains that he was drawn to Batgirl because of how it was similar to the John Wick movies. Rogers also shares new details about a huge action sequence involving flamethrowers, a firetruck, and motorcycles. Check out what Rogers said below: Scott Rogers: Yeah, the thing that drew me to that movie in the first place was that there's no superheroes. It's a superhero movie with nobody with superpowers, so it was very grounded. It fit the John Wick world, which is the world that I really like, which is real grounded, real live, not CG stunts.
The bad guy, Brendan Fraser's character, was Firefly. We had these amazing flamethrowers, and we did this really great fight with flamethrowers. And then we had this huge sequence on a firetruck with motorcycles, and 40 foot flamethrowers, and girls doing wheelie with the flames. It was just like doing John Wick. "Okay, we're going to do what? 40 foot flamethrowers? Yes. Okay, how are we going to do that?" It was great.
It's unfortunate, but the beauty is I've learned a bunch and now I can go steal all of those stunts and go put them in another movie.
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