Peacock this week released a more extensive look at its buzzy movie Meet Cute, the Kaley Cuoco-Pete Davidson romantic comedy. Deadline first reported on the project last June. It hits Peacock on Wednesday, September 21.
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Batgirl actress Leslie Grace has spoken out after it was confirmed that the $70 million movie had been scrapped due to poor test screenings. Taking to Instagram, Grace told fans she's "proud of the love, hard work and intention" that the cast and crew put into filming.
The entire big-budget blockbuster was shot in Glasgow, and it saw several city centre streets closed and traffic rerouted late 2021 and carried on through January.
She added: "Querida Familia! On the heels of the recent news about our movie 'Batgirl', I am proud of the love, hard work and intention of all our incredible cast and tireless crew put into this film over 7 months in Scotland. I feel blessed to have worked among absolute greats and forged relationships for a lifetime in the process.
"To every Batgirl fan - THANK YOU for the and belief, allowing me to take the cape and become, as Babs once said best, "my own damn her! #Batgirl for life!"
Glasgow City Council insisted the decision to scrap the Batgirl movie was purely a corporate matter for studio executives. It handed £150,000 of public cash to creators as an incentive to film in the area.
Directors say they're "saddened and shocked" by the announcement. They said that the movie was far from finished and wished that fans around the world could have been give the opportunity to have seen the finished production.
A Warner Bros. spokesperson said: "The decision to not release Batgirl reflects our leadership's strategic shift as it relates to the DC universe and HBO Max.
"Leslie Grace is an incredibly talented actor and this decision is not a reflection of her performance.
"We are incredibly grateful to the filmmakers of Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt and their respective casts and we hope to collaborate
Peacock this week released a more extensive look at its buzzy movie Meet Cute, the Kaley Cuoco-Pete Davidson romantic comedy. Deadline first reported on the project last June. It hits Peacock on Wednesday, September 21.
Pete Davidson and Kaley Cuoco's love story in the upcoming feature film on Tuesday, which is set to premiere on September 21. The film follows the story of Sheila (Cuoco) and Gary (Davidson) who appear to fall in love at first sight during their first date. A closer look, however, reveals that Sheila has been using a time machine to fall in love over and over again.
Batgirl star Leslie Grace has paid tribute to a wee boy she met while filming in Glasgow after he lost his battle with cancer. The actress had formed a bond with Finlay Mckechnie, four, when he arrived on set dressed as his favourite superhero, Batman.
report by Variety, after The Post broke the news that they’re pulling the plug on her starring role last week. Ideas allegedly include having Grace play the role of the teenage vigilante Barbara Gordon in a future DC Comics project, or “at least” offer her starring role in another Warner Bros. production.The Post has reached out to Warner Bros.
Sick of the DC Universe and all its loose lips, sinking ships, and various PR disasters? Sorry, there’s more to come, but suffice to say, for the last few weeks, ever since the “Batgirl” was canceled, it’s been a rollercoaster ride for the company that’s seemingly in the press every day for one negative story after another. Either it’s something that their too-toxic-to-touch “The Flash” actor Ezra Miller did or got arrested for, or it’s some update on “Batgirl” that make the optics of canceling an Afro-Latinx-led project while continuing to support a film by an embattled white actor who has had the worst PR of 2022 look worse and worse.
Warner Bros. is set to move ahead with its planned The Flash film, despite recent controversies surrounding star Ezra Miller.The actor has been embroiled in a number of legal issues lately, most recently accusations of using violence and other intimidatory methods to influence an adolescent, as well as two arrests in Hawaii – one for disorderly conduct and harassment and another for second-degree assault. The actor has not publicly commented on these incidents at this time.Speaking on a Q2 call, Warner Bros.
recently-axed “Batgirl” movie and he’s not happy about the cancellation either.The filmmaker, 52, gave his take on Warner Bros. scrapping the DC film, which was set to star actress Leslie Grace, on the latest episode of his YouTube series, Hollywood Babble-On.“It’s an incredibly bad look to cancel the Latina Batgirl movie,” the “Mallards” director said.Grace — who is of Dominican descent — was set to star as the title character Barbara Gordon / Batgirl in HBO Max’s action film.“I don’t give a sh-t if the movie was absolute f—ing dogsh-t,” Smith, who has penned many Batman comics over the years, said.
Crew members on the doomed Batgirl movie predicted it would flop amid concerns over its script.
Kevin Smith has weighed in on Warner Bros. Discovery scrapping the movie starring Leslie Grace. The move made by the conglomerate has caused shockwaves in the industry and Smith, who is a comic book aficionado and writer, shared his thoughts on his YouTube series Hollywood Babble-On.
abruptly shelved by Warner Bros. and HBO — and that many of the cast and crew first found out via that story.But Sayuri Chacon told The Post Thursday that her old friend will be OK. “Leslie is the type of person who always takes lessons away from her experience.
After Warner Bros.’ shocking announcement of the DC Comics film "Batgirl" being canceled, actress Leslie Grace — who was slated to play Barbara Gordon/Batgirl — is speaking out for the first time. The "In the Heights" star took to Instagram on Wednesday and shared a series of movie images and footage from the set of the nearly $100 million superhero film, starting with the caption "Querida familia!" — meaning "Dear Family!" in Spanish. "On the heels of the recent news about our movie ‘Batgirl,’ I am proud of the love, hard work and intention all of our incredible cast and tireless crew put into this film over 7 months in Scotland," Grace remarked. She continued to say how truly "blessed" she felt working with an incredible team on the project, and added a special note to all "Batgirl" fans: The DC Comics film "Batgirl" was set to feature "In the Heights" star Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl.
“Batgirl” will remain shrouded in darkness.
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Leslie Grace takes to social media to thank her fans for the support after Warner Bros. decided to cancel the release of Batgirl across all platforms after spending 90 million dollars.
While it’s now appearing that the decision to shelve “Batgirl” is just one piece to a much larger puzzle over at Warner Bros. Discovery, it doesn’t change the fact that the cancellation of a film that cost $90 million and was nearly complete is still huge news.
Grace said in a statement posted on her Instagram. “I feel blessed to have worked among absolute greats and forged relationships for a lifetime in the process! To every Batgirl fan – THANK YOU for the love and belief, allowing me to take on the cape and become, as Babs said best, “my own damn hero!” Batgirl for life!”Grace’s comments comes on the heels of the news that of Warner Bros.
Batgirl by Warner Bros.On Tuesday (August 2) the studio abruptly axed the film and announced that it would no longer be released on streaming service HBO Max as originally intended.Grace, who played Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl in the cancelled film, shared a statement on Instagram following the news praising the “incredible cast and tireless crew” for their work.In the post, Grace wrote: “Querida familia! On the heels of the recent news about our movie Batgirl, I am proud of the love, hard work and intention all of our incredible cast and tireless crew put into this film over 7 months in Scotland. I feel blessed to have worked among absolute greats and forged relationships for a lifetime in the process!A post shared by Leslie Grace (@lesliegrace)“To every Batgirl fan – THANK YOU for the love and belief, allowing me to take on the cape and become, as Babs said best, ‘my own damn hero!’ Batgirl for life!”For Grace, Batgirl was set to be her biggest acting role yet following her feature debut in Jon M.
Leslie Grace is breaking her silence just a day after it was announced that Batgirl would not be released.