Joss Whedon not fired from Batgirl movie (rumor debunked)

[héad.casé]

With Hollywood in a current shake-up after the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Joss Whedon has apparently fallen into that rabbit hole as well. As it turns out, Warner Bros has fired Whedon from directing the Batgirl movie following the allegations of infidelity by his ex-wife Kai Cole.

According to an inside source from SuperBroMovies, Whedon had been fired a few months ago after his ex-wife had revealed that Whedon had been having several affairs during their marriage; calling him a ‘hypocrite preaching feminist ideals.’ It’s said that Warner Bros didn’t want this sort of negativity connected to their movies.

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[BorneAgain]

Probaly didn't hurt that WB likely also wasn't keen on having any of the stink related to the underperforming Justice League film attached to new projects.

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So I guess Batgirl is spared from being given the worst romantic subplots imaginable and having every character talk about how hot she is on some level. What a loss, I was wondering who was going to bury their head in her cleavage.

OH WELL

[Cyno]

Joss Whedon lost his so-called "feminist ideals" ages ago. Granted, cheating on his wife is a very far cry from everything else going on in Hollywood and if that is the reason, then it stinks of a copout on WB's part. But his ex-wife is spot on about him being a massive hypocrite about that.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

From the toast of Hollywood to looking for a job in five years. It's all been downhill for Whedon since Avengers.

[Juice]

This is a,bullshit reason to fire someone it stinks of media creating its own buzz.

Didnt release until JLA bombed. Which was originally,Snyders mess. Now,everyone wants a Snyder cut haha...

Who will be the scapegoat for the next under performing movie?

Here is an idea. Stop spending 600 million dollars on movies.

And for real again having,an affair isnt assaulting and raping,and extortion. How anyone can make that comparison Harvey at all?

[Crimson]

Nov 22, 2017 18:26:47 GMT -5 Juice said:

And for real again having,an affair isnt assaulting and raping,and extortion. How anyone can make that comparison Harvey at all?

I think it's as BorneAgain called it, it's less to do with his infidelity as much as WB trying to start off with a completely clean slate. Even if scummy, infidelity definitely is a far cry from Sexual Assault, but i think the WB looks at it as still a cloud looming over Whedon and moving forward they probably don't want any bad press with anyone associated with their projects.

[BrodietheSlayer]

DC needs to just focus on their Vertigo properties. Be the Anti Disney/Marvel, rather than trying to directly copy them.


And, yeah....Joss got a raw deal here. Unless there's some deeply hidden harassment story about to drop, this was a case of DC feeling that someone needed to take the hit for JUSTICE LEAGUE failing to meet standards that it was never going to meet anyways (unless it was some sort of masterpiece, which it was never going to be due to the late in the game creative switch over).

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Wow, if that’s true that is a pile of horseshit. Firing someone for infidelity? Seriously?

[Bub (BLM)]

Nov 22, 2017 17:48:30 GMT -5 @personman01 said:

So I guess Batgirl is spared from being given the worst romantic subplots imaginable and having every character talk about how hot she is on some level. What a loss, I was wondering who was going to bury their head in her cleavage.

OH WELL

Seriously. We've also been spared all the "clever" dialogue recycled from old Buffy scripts.

[Juice]

Not a person I trust more for the movie actually.

[Jiren]

Keep it separate from the DCEU, that thing is scorched Earth at this point.

[A Platypus Rave]

Updated with a more accurate title.

Honestly, Whedon is pretty perfect for the current Barbara in the comics post Gail's run.

[Cyno]

Weren't they already moving away from the concept of the DCEU unless Justice League was a huge hit?

Granted, I always thought DC worked better as separate universes, especially Superman and Batman. Putting them in the same continuity created a necessity for Batman to reach Gary Stu levels of prep time in order to make him be seen as Superman's equal.

[Jiren]

Nov 22, 2017 18:47:28 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Updated with a more accurate title.

Honestly, Whedon is pretty perfect for the current Barbara in the comics post Gail's run.

I'm not whedon's biggest fan but he's not as insufferably awful as current Batgirl

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Sucks its just a rumor.

If they do change it up, I say give Lexi Alexander a shot at it. She's been solid with Supergirl from what I've heard and knows genre films pretty well.

[A Platypus Rave]

Nov 22, 2017 18:49:00 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Weren't they already moving away from the concept of the DCEU unless Justice League was a huge hit?

Granted, I always thought DC worked better as separate universes, especially Superman and Batman. Putting them in the same continuity created a necessity for Batman to reach Gary Stu levels of prep time in order to make him be seen as Superman's equal.

the rumor was what was going to happen in Flashpoint was based on how Justice League Did.

At this rate I expect Flashpoint to wash the slate almost entirely clean.

[Jiren]

They should just come out and say "We done goofed, we're rebooting...sorry about that", wait 2-3 years and release a New Batman or Superman

People will understand and plus it's cheaper than making a movie.

[BorneAgain]

Nov 22, 2017 19:05:29 GMT -5 Jiren said:

They should just come out and say "We done goofed, we're rebooting...sorry", wait a 2-3 years and release a New Batman or Superman

People will understand and plus it's cheaper than making a movie.

Just do a season 3 Red Dwarf esque quick intro at the beginning of the movie that speedily explains the universe changing:

[Jiren]

Nov 22, 2017 19:09:23 GMT -5 BorneAgain said:

Nov 22, 2017 19:05:29 GMT -5 Jiren said:

They should just come out and say "We done goofed, we're rebooting...sorry", wait a 2-3 years and release a New Batman or Superman

People will understand and plus it's cheaper than making a movie.

Just do a season 3 Red Dwarf esque quick intro at the beginning of the movie that speedily explains the universe changing:

That'd work

With this in the background