Brendan Fraser will play the villain in Batgirl. The George of the Jungle actor has been cast as Firefly, a pyrotechnic-loving sociopath in the upcoming DC venture, though specific details about the plot of the movie which will premiere directly on HBO Max next year remain under wraps. Christina Hodson has written the script and Kristin Burr is.
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Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah will direct the Batgirl movie.
The Bad Boys for Life filmmaking duo have been tapped to helm the new film for Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment, which follows Barbara Gordon – the daughter of Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon.
A number of characters have played the superhero in the Batman universe but Gordon is the most prominent even though the character debuted in the comics as Betty Kane in 1961.
On screen, Batgirl was played by Yvonne Craig in the 1960s TV series while Alicia Silverstone portrayed the character in the 1997 movie Batman & Robin , although she was butler Alfred Pennyworth s niece in that project.