BREAKING: Joss Whedon to Direct Batgirl Movie!

BREAKING: Joss Whedon to Direct Batgirl Movie!

Holy female empowerment, Batman! Variety is reporting that none other than geek legend Joss Whedon has signed to write, produce and direct a Batgirl movie for Warner Bros. and DC Films!

Whedon, of course, directed Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron for Marvel Studios, grossing nearly $3 billion dollars in the process. Now that his jumped over to the competition it is confirmed that his Batgirl film 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 attached to Batgirl, 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.

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 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.

ComingSoon.net will bring you more on the Batgirl movie as it happens!

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