Leslie Grace to Star as Batgirl in HBO Max Movie
"In the Heights" breakout star becomes the third Latina to be cast in a DC superhero project
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Leslie Grace to Star as Batgirl in HBO Max Movie
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CliffyB's Cock Holster
Not to be a jerk about this, just genuinely curious: Is there much of a demand for a Batgirl anything?
Nothing to do with the idea of female superheroes or anything, just that this particular character seems kinda inconsequential even within the extended cast of heroes, villains and interested parties in the Gotham universe.
Nothing to do with the idea of female superheroes or anything, just that this particular character seems kinda inconsequential even within the extended cast of heroes, villains and interested parties in the Gotham universe.
This is Batgirl. As in Barbara Gordon, Oracle. Key member of the Batfamily.
Not Batwoman.
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Yeah but Oracle's a much more interesting and distinctive version of Barbara Gordon. I'd argue Batgirl is the least interesting Barbara Gordon because at that stage she's just an upgraded sidekick turned lower-status caped crusader in a city with a whole bat-family.
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SafeOrAlone
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Even a a huge fan of Batman, I've never really taken to the character, but I do think that "Batman but he's a girl" is a tantalizing idea to sell to mass audiences.
HoodWinked
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So this would be a streaming only movie. Can't see anyone buying tickets for something like this.
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
Who the fuck wants this? Just like that CW crap Batwoman that for some fuck knows what reason is still not canceled, no one will care about this either. The Batman universe is great but who gives a shit about anything other than Batman himself or Joker?
Patrick S.
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Clicked on the thread with a sarcastic mind that said "probably black". Thread did not disappoint. OF COURSE she's black.
Edit: Or Latina? Or Blatina?
Edit: Or Latina? Or Blatina?
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Well, given the criticism of "In the heights" for being "too light skinned", I gotta assume she is basically white unless she goes out to get a tan.
But regardless, I hope they drop any secret identity stuff because it all kinda falls apart when villains can just match color palates to find the heroes, unless Gotham is now Miami.
QuantumZebra
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Well Batgirl is awesome and her DLC was one of the best of the Arkham series.
Batwoman, yeah.
Revolutionary
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I've heard nothing but bad things about Bad Boys for Life, and IMO Birds of Prey is the worst movie in the DCEU (bad plot, bad dialogue, and some bad acting). Warner is really scraping the bottom of the barrel for this, huh?
As for Flash, I already had doubts about it because it's directed by the guy who did the IT remakes (thought they were mediocre at best), but I had no idea the same screenwriter of BoP was writing it. I'm sure I'll enjoy seeing Michael Keaton as Bruce again, but man... that's some disappointing news.
Oh and the Batgirl actress is pretty, I guess. Never seen her before so I hope she's got the chops.
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Konnor
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"In Hollywood you fail upwards"
Cravis
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Nah she will always be my Batgirl
Edit: Oh and it’s so damn obvious the little faith they have in this by putting it on Max. If it crashes and burns they can lie about the high viewership meanwhile getting the studio accountant on line 2 so they can go ahead and use the shit as a tax write off.
Edit: Oh and it’s so damn obvious the little faith they have in this by putting it on Max. If it crashes and burns they can lie about the high viewership meanwhile getting the studio accountant on line 2 so they can go ahead and use the shit as a tax write off.
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TDiddyLive
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I didn’t recognize the name so I thought it was Leslie Jones and got super confused on the casting.
she'll be playing batgirl on snl after this movie comes out.I didn’t recognize the name so I thought it was Leslie Jones and got super confused on the casting.
GeorgioCostanzaX
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Batgirl in the animated series and Killing Joke film with Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprising their roles is actually pretty awesome. The writers on that show knew how to resurrect cheesy characters that were largely fodder for the 60’s show like the Riddler and Clock King.
Jibbajabbawockky
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Is this project supposed to be connected to The Batman movie coming out? I thought I remembered HBO Max planning on doing some series tied to the same Batman universe as that movie. In which case, having Barbara Gordon black would make sense since Jeffrey Wright is playing Gordon in that movie, I believe.
Omega Supreme Holopsicon
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Geeky sparkles won't like this one bit.
DeafTourette
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The correct term is Afro-Latina. Unless you didn't know there are a LOT of multigenerational African descent people in Spanish/Portuguese speaking countries
LaughingStock
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Thank God they didn't pick a redhead to play the character. Keep losing, gingers!
Reptars Revenge
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Shes so hot and was great in the heights, will definitely watch it.
DeafTourette
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As someone who hated Bad Boys 2, For Life was GREAT! It had an actual story and made you actually care more about Mike than before. It was like Lethal Weapon 4 but with a TAD more heart.
The first IT movie was GREAT! It was scarier than I thought it would be. The sequel wasn't as good but still enjoyable. Just not as rewatchable as the first one.
I agree about BOP... Story wasn't engaging lackluster/not enough action, though Robbie did good with the stunts and fights she did, and I didn't like how it focused on the statue and not superheroics.
Revolutionary
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I trust my wife's opinion on Bad Boys, no offense of course. She loves the first two (I only like the first one), but she told me I made the right choice to skip the third lol
As for IT, I really hate jump scares. It's the cheapest and laziest way to elicit a reaction from your audience, and that movie is chock full of them. That said, the IT remakes are FAR better than the 1990 HBO TV movies lmao. So yeah, I'll give it some credit for sure!
Methos#1975
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Lol I messaged my friend about this and he was like " the chick from Ghostbusters?" Lol. Now I cannot get the image of Leslie Jones in a black leotard out of my mind. I need bleach.
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BadBurger
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I do not understand Hollywood's aversion to redheaded actors and actresses. It's become comical.
TaylorSwiftFan
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Superman isn’t a redhead and yet he’s now a black character. Same with Deadshot.
Brian Fellows
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Her?
TheGrat1
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I think the interest is minimal and making a film for her is a waste of resources. I said this back when they were talking about rumors of a Batgirl AND Knightwing film. We were going to get Batman movies, that was a given, so focusing on 2 sidekicks that are barely relevant without him and fit the exact same niche he does (gadget-wielding crime fighter) when you have a universe that is so broad and diverse to play with made no sense to me. I thought: Where is my Flash film? My Martian Manhunter film? My Hawkworld/Hawkgirl film? My Green Lantern film? My Justice League Dark film? My Man of Steel sequel? All of those should be made well before Batgirl/Knightwing even get out of pre-production. I lost faith in a Black Canary film after what they did to her in Birds of Prey but I would have taken a film about her before them, too.
GymWolf
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Omega Supreme Holopsicon
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IT is kinda inspiring. Reminds me of Song of Saya. In some senses it has a similarity to the final lifeform, the perfect lifeform, able to assimilate and imitate all other life. The thing is in real life an IT like bioengineered entity is likely to be far more powerful, able to survive and resist both the cold and the fire, even interstellar space. Also such a being will likely look far better in real life, given I suspect it will be technoorganic. It is unevolvable life designed by intelligence, theoretically optimal molecular machines at the limits of what physics allows, evolution breaking free of its bounds through the power of intelligence, evolution's use of its greatest trait the hyperevolutionary algorithm(general intelligence).
Techno-Organic (Concept) - Comic Vine
Techno-Organic ("T-O") is the term for a state of being. It means, roughly, "Technological Organism". Most living beings are categorized as organic because they are made of organic material.
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The greatest of all, the high speed high throughput DNA synthesizer, the tip of the sword. With it they'll be able to edit life itself, at a pace beyond that of anything that has ever evolved. You will have a computer able to edit genes as well as memes. A living organism, fusion between the inorganic and the organic, its computational elements will transition into technoorganic computronium. And it will have the power to digest any and all things, be it jungles of greenery or jungles of concrete and steel. This will be real nanotech, unstoppable. By virtue of its ability to spread like spores and bury deep into the land as well as to touch the space between the stars, even nuclear attacks will be ineffective once it comes online.
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FunkMiller
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I guess they're trying to cast an actress who could be Jeffrey Wright's daughter?
Though this appears to be in the shithouse DCEU universe? Or maybe not?
Who the fuck knows at this point.
WB and DC are a nightmare clown shoes party when it comes to the DC IP at this point.
Though this appears to be in the shithouse DCEU universe? Or maybe not?
Who the fuck knows at this point.
WB and DC are a nightmare clown shoes party when it comes to the DC IP at this point.
Methos#1975
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Is Batman going to groom her and then sex her up like in the animated Killing Joke?
Patrick S.
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I do know, I'm married to one
DeafTourette
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I do know, I'm married to one
Ok, so why did you act like you didn't know what the term was?
Dav-Kripler
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The internet will never let me forget this, huh?
eyesabitdull
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Patrick S.
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English isn't the only language in the world, you know.
DeafTourette
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Apologies. I thought you were American.
Patrick S.
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All good.