“My friends, I had to reach and let you know we are all thinking about you both,” Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige wrote to “Batgirl” directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.
in the aftermath of Warner Bros. shelving their comic book movie. The studio announced Aug. 2 that the $90 million “Batgirl” film would not be released in theaters or on HBO Max despite already being shot. Arbi shared an email that Marvel Studios presidentsent him and Fallah in the aftermath of the film’s cancellation. The “Batgirl” directors helmed two episodes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series “Ms. Marvel.
In addition to “Ms. Marvel,” the two filmmakers also made a name for themselves in Hollywood as the directors of “Bad Boys for Life,” the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence-starring action movie that out-earned the first two “Bad Boys” movies with $206 million at the U.S. box office and $426 million worldwide. Feige was hardly the only A-list name who reached out to the filmmakers.
Wright has experience getting a comic book tentpole stripped away from him, as he developed “Ant-Man” at Marvel for years before exiting the project before filming due to creative differences. Gunn, meanwhile, has worked for both Warner Bros./DC and Disney/Marvel , which is the same line Arbi and Fallah were set to cross by going from “Ms. Marvel” to “Batgirl.”on the film’s shelving a day after the news hit, writing they were “saddened and shocked.” The duo added, “We still can’t believe it.
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