Michael Keaton shrugs at shelved $100 million ‘Batgirl’ movie: ‘Nice check’

nypost.com:

GQ. Keaton, 72, did say he admires directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who had a rebound hit this summer with “Bad Boys: Ride or Die.” “I like those boys.

They’re nice guys,” he said. “I pull for them. I want them to succeed, and I think they felt very badly, and that made me feel bad.”“Me?” Keaton added. “I’m good.”When The Post broke the news that “Batgirl” had been shelved by Warner Bros.

in August 2022, not long after David Zaslav took the reins as president, the fracas became a major headache for the studio.The fresh-faced cast had not yet been informed of the axing, and most were not as blase about it as Keaton.“They had no idea the movie was being shelved,” a source said at the time. “That’s a giant problem.” Another insider said the actors found their poorly handled situation “humiliating” and “disappointing.” Star Leslie Grace posted the Taylor Swift song “Shake it Off” on her Instagram Story.