Variety has reported in the last hour that Joss Whedon is close to signing on as director for a standalone Batgirl movie.
Whedon is said to be nearing a deal to write, direct, and produce a presently-untitled Batgirl pic for Warner Bros as part of the DC Extended Universe. No other producers are currently attached to the project, but Toby Emmerich, president and chief content officer of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, is overseeing the project with Jon Berg and Geoff Johns collaborating.
After making his name writing projects as diverse as Toy Story and Alien Resurrection, Whedon found fame with TV projects like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse and of course the sadly lamented Firefly. He since moved on to Marvel Pictures, writing and directing the first two Avengers movies and co-creating the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series. After the troublesome production of Avengers: Age of Ultron, he announced his departure from Marvel.
This isn’t the first time Whedon has been linked with a big-screen DC Comics movie. A project to bring Wonder Woman to the big screen in the early 2000s had Whedon, then running both Buffy and Angel, lined up as director. Angel co-star Charisma Carpenter was rumoured to be in the running for the role, but as with every other Wonder Woman movie before this year, it came to nothing. Hopefully this time around, Whedon will get full creative control and there will be minimal studio interference.
Hopefully.
Source: Variety
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