Fans of actor Brendan Fraser have hit out at Warner Bros. after the movie giant pulled the Batgirl film that he was set to star in as a villain.
The actor, famous for his star turns in The Mummy franchise and George of the Jungle, would have played DC supervillain Firefly. Rising star Leslie Grace was set to portray Batgirl, in what many fans hailed as a landmark casting as the first woman of colour to lead a comic book film adaptation, while Michael Keaton was due to reprise his role as Batman.
But Warner Bros. announced on Tuesday that the film had been shelved and was destined never to be seen by audiences, either in cinemas or on its streaming platform HBO Max - despite having already been filmed in its entirety at a cost of $90 million. The shock decision left DC fans mourning the fact that they wouldn’t have the chance to see the talented actors in their roles.
