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Batgirl Was Not On WB's Radar Until Joss Whedon Pitched It

When Warner Bros announced a Batgirl movie, people were a little confused. The only evidence of the "Bat Family" we've seen so far is that statue of a fallen Robin and Harley's opener in Suicide Squad saying she was an accomplice in the killing of that Robin. The solo Batman movie hadn't come out and we've seen this version of Batman exactly once. So why did Warner Bros announce this movie of all things?

According to an article in Variety it turns out that Warner Bros had no intention of making a Batgirl movie until director Joss Whedon approached them.

Or take the case of Joss Whedon. The "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" creator is now developing a "Batgirl" movie for DC; it's one that the studio hadn't planned on doing until Whedon confessed to his love of Barbara Gordon and her masked alter ego.

Batgirl was announced in March and they were likely courting Whedon to work on one of their movies after he helped with Justice League since this would be right around when Zack Snyder asked for help. Whedon is lucky that he has enough pull at any studio to pitch a movie like that and get it green lit.

We don't know that much about this movie aside from the fact that Whedon is working on it. It did get a logo during the DC presentation at Comic-Con International so they are working on it. We just don't know when.

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