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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Child

Batgirl ‘murder’: should film studios ever expunge a director’s vision?

Leslie Grace as Batgirl in the cancelled DC film.
No-fly zone … Leslie Grace as Batgirl in the cancelled DC film. Photograph: DC Films

Some tough language from the Russo brothers this week, who have accused Warner Brothers of “murder” over the recent canning of Batgirl. Speaking to Variety, the Avengers: Endgame directors did not mince their words.

“It’s rare that I can think of something that high profile, that expensive, that was murdered in such a way,” Joe Russo said of the studio’s decision to cancel Batgirl’s release in favour of a tax write-down. “It’s sad, but we’re at a time in the business where [this] is going to rear its head because people are scared.”

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