From: madlove@arkham.dc   
      
    From ComingSoon.net ...   
      
        Joss Whedon to direct Batgirl movie!   
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        Holy female empowerment, Batman! Variety is reporting   
        that none other than geek legend Joss Whedon (Avengers,   
        Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly) has signed to write,   
        direct and produce a Batgirl movie for Warner Bros. and   
        DC Films!   
      
        Whedon, of course, directed The Avengers and Avengers: Age   
        of Ultron for Marvel Studios, grossing nearly $3 billion   
        dollars in the process. He also co-created/shepherded the   
        ABC series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Now he's jumped   
        over to the competition, as it's confirmed that his   
        Batgirl movie will be part of the ever-evolving DC   
        Extended Universe that includes the upcoming Wonder Woman,   
        Justice League, Aquaman and The Batman solo film, as well   
        as another female-centric entry in David Ayer's Gotham   
        City Sirens.   
      
        No other producers are associated with the Batgirl movie,   
        though Toby Emmerich, Jon Berg and Geoff Johns will   
        oversee the project for the studio, which apparently only   
        came into being within the last month.   
      
        Batgirl's first comic appearance in 1967 was as Barbara   
        Gordon, daughter of Commissioner James Gordon, and she   
        later became an ally of Batman and Robin in Gotham City.   
        She was previously portrayed by Yvonne Craig in the campy   
        '60s Batman series, then by Alicia Silverstone (as Barbara   
        Wilson, Alfred's niece) in the equally-campy 1997 flop   
        Batman & Robin. She was recently voiced by Rosario Dawson   
        in The LEGO Batman Movie.   
      
        Whedon, who had previously written a treatment for his own   
        Wonder Woman movie a decade ago, was last said to be   
        working on a World War II horror movie, but he has stated   
        previously that he would like to make a Batman film.   
        Whether he will take a larger role overseeing the DCEU as   
        he did during Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe   
        remains to be seen, but for now that role belongs to Geoff   
        Johns.   
      
      
      
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