‘Batgirl’ Star Pens Letter To Warner Bros. Boss Protesting Reported ‘Funeral Screenings’ & Potential Destruction Of Footage

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The demand to see “Batgirl” refuses to wane. Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Films announced in August that the film, which was in post-production, would not be released as a cost-cutting measure.

On Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter claimed that Warner Bros. was hosting “funeral screenings” of the movie for its cast, crew and executives.

The report stated that the movie would be locked away permanently or perhaps even destroyed after the funeral screenings. Ivory Aquino, who portrays Aysia Yeoh in the unreleased “Batgirl” movie, caught wind of the reports and made a public plea to David Zaslaw, chief executive officer and president of Warner Bros.

Discovery. READ MORE: ‘Batgirl’ Cancellation Spawns ‘#HBOMaxJustCanceled’ Memes On Twitter “Dear Mr. Zaslav,  I just read an article THR about supposed ‘funeral screenings’ of ‘Batgirl’ and the possibility afterwards that the film footage would be destroyed… if this is the case, as one of many who poured our hearts into the making of this movie, I ask that this measure be reconsidered,” she wrote. “As much as I’ve tried my best to be strong these past few weeks, I’d find myself crying, for lack of a better term, from grief, and tonight was one of those nights. “As much as ‘Batgirl’ has been labeled a woke film, it simply came together that way because of writing that reflects the world we live in.