Just one day afterJoss Whedonwas announced as theBatgirlwriter-director back in late March, a rumor surfaced that claimedThe 100starLindsey Morganmay have already landed the role, but that was never confirmed. Today we have a new rumor which claims that there are nine young actresses in contention for the role, although Lindsey Morgan was not mentioned on this list. It seems that there may be an announcement happening at Comic-Con, but this report has yet to be confirmed by Warner Bros. Here’s what a Reddit user had to say about thisBatgirlshort list.
“A friend of mine was recently contacted by WB to work on concept art for the upcomingBatgirl film. WB wants to get an actress signed by SDCC so they can make an surprise announcement on stage during their presentation. I spoke with him a couple days ago and he said that these are the actresses he was asked to develop concept art for.
Elle Fanning (
Neon Demon,Live By Night)
Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel)
Bella Thorne (Shake It Up!)
Katherine Langford (13 Reasons Why)
Margaret Qualley (The Leftovers)
Jane Levy (Don’t Breathe)
Emma Roberts (Scream Queens)
Haley Lu Richardson (Split,Edge Of Seventeen)
Naomi Scott (Power Rangers)
He won’t tell me why but he believes Langford is currently the frontrunner with Fanning, Levy & Qualley behind.”
These actresses mentioned byReddituser “DCEUThrowaway89” fall in line with Joss Whedon’s comments from April, when he revealed that he wants an “unknown actress” to portray Batgirl, but he didn’t mention any specific actresses. While Bella Thorne and Emma Roberts certainly aren’t “unknown actresses,” the rest are certainly up and comers, although we’ll have to wait and see who comes out on top and lands this role. If this report is true and Warner Bros. does want to make an announcement at Comic-Con, it seems unlikely that Joss Whedon himself will be there, since he is finishing production onJustice League, after taking over for Zack Snyder who left to be with his family after his daughter committed suicide.
While know production schedule was revealed for thisBatgirl movie, producers Zack Snyder and Deborah Snyder revealed that it will happen beforeWonder Woman 2, withBatgirlsaid to be the next DCEU female superhero movie. It isn’t known how far along Joss Whedon is on the actualBatgirlscreenplay, especially since he has taken over onJustice League, which is likely keeping the filmmaker very busy at the moment. Still, if thisBatgirlproject is in fact the next female DCEU movie, then perhaps the filmmaker is working on the script in his downtime fromJustice League, but that has yet to be confirmed.
Of course, Joss Whedon is best known for his work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, directingThe AvengersandAvengers: Age of Ultron, before parting ways with the MCU after the second Avengers film. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige revealed that Joss Whedon did call him and give him a heads up that he was taking on this DC project, revealing that Marvel was supportive of the director taking on this DC movie. Warner Bros. has yet to announce a release date forBatgirl, but it’s possible that may happen at Comic-Con, along with the announcement of the lead actress.
