Directors Of Axed Batgirl Movie Would Work With Warner Bros Again But Under One Condition

Batgirl directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are game to work with Warner Bros. again — but under one condition.

Speaking to Variety (the interview took place month's Red Sea Film Festival), El Arbi and Fallah said there's no bad blood between them and the studio.

The duo helmed the unreleased DC superhero movie that was scrapped by the studio last summer due to a shift in filmmaking approach but have admitted that would be open to working with Warner Bros again as they have a passion for superhero films.

El Arbi said : "We're fans of DC, and if we get the chance in the future to do something in that universe, we're never gonna say no. I mean, of course, our only condition is that the movie needs to come out."

Arbi and Fallah's other Hollywood projects include Bad Boys For Life and a few episodes of Ms Marvel. 

The movie had been due to star Leslie Grace as the titular superhero and fellow cast member Brendan Fraser — as pyromaniac villain Firefly — described the cancellation as "tragic".

The Whale actor, 54, said: "It's tragic. It doesn't engender trust among filmmakers and the studio. Leslie Grace was fantastic. She's a dynamo, just a spot-on performer."

Fraser had spent months filming for the movie in Glasgow and explained how production had been both "real and exciting" as it had differed from a typical superhero blockbuster.

He said: "Everything that we shot was real and exciting and just the antithesis of doing a straightforward digital all green screen thing. They ran firetrucks around downtown Glasgow at 3 in the morning and they had flamethrowers.

"It was a big-budget movie, but one that was just stripped down to the essentials."

Fraser praised the directors for the work they had done on the project even though he has not seen a rough cut of the unreleased movie.

He said: "I don't eat half-baked cake. Everything that Adil and Bilall shot felt real and exciting."

El Arbi and Fallah are now working on the sequel to their 2018 action action film Gangsta and meeting potential backers on their next Hollywod production. “We have no green light yet but are working on a big action movie in Hollywood. I don’t want to jinx it,” Adil said. — BANG SHOWBIZ

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