‘Batgirl’ Directors On Feeling “Sad” Watching ‘The Flash’ & Why Axing Of DC Film Is “The Biggest Disappointment Of Our Careers”
deadline.comAdil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah were the directors behind Batgirl, the DC film at Warner Bros. with Leslie Grace in the titled role.
The superhero movie would end up being axed by the studio and with the release of The Flash earlier this year, the filmmakers are reflecting on their film. “We watched it and we were sad,” Adil said of The Flash in an interview with Insider. “We love director Andy Muschietti and his sister Barbara, who produced the movie.
But when we watched it, we felt we could have been part of the whole thing.” Adil continued, “We didn’t get the chance to show ‘Batgirl’ to the world and let the audience judge for themselves.
Because the audience really is our ultimate boss and should be the deciders of if something is good or bad, or if something should be seen or not.” Adil noted that the film he worked on “was very different than The Flash” in that the movie that starred Ezra Miller “has a big fantasy component” and Batgirl “was more grounded.
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