First Concept Arts Are Teasing Us With Upcoming DC Movies ‘Batgirl’ And ‘Blue Beetle’

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Ever since the HBOMax streaming service was launched last year, Warner Bros was looking at how to expand the content they offer. They even decided to release the new movies simultaneously in theaters and on streaming service because of the pandemic, but not everyone agreed with their methods.

Director Christopher Nolan, their longtime collaborator, decided he’ll make his next movie for Universal Pictures, while Patty Jenkins agreed to direct Wonder Woman 3 only after it was promised that the movie will have traditional release in theaters.

Now, as the number of HBOMax subscribers is growing and the service is becoming available in more countries, WB decided it’s time to start making movies exclusively for the streaming service, and luckily for DC fans, two of them are ‘Batgirl’ and ‘Blue Beetle’.

Batgirl movie was in production hell for years. Joss Whedon was originally attached to the project but left it soon after the unsuccessful release of Justice League in 2017. Now, the movie will be written by Christina Hodson and directed by Adil El Arbi and Bill Fallah.

Batgirl will be portrayed by Leslie Grace, and it was announced that J.K. Simmons will reportedly return as James Gordon. Directors also revealed that the movie will feature Batman, although they didn’t say which one. Grace also said there’s no suit yet, but Batgirl will have her comic accurate red hair.

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Batgirl will be the first DCEU movie made exclusively for HBOMax. The movie will reportedly be inspired by The New 52 comic books as a starting point.

Also, there’s one more DC movie in development for HBOMax – Blue Beetle. The movie will be directed by Angel Manuel Soto, with Xolo Maridueña playing the titular role.

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Lukas Abramovich is a freelance writer and photo and video editor based in Croatia. He's also a web designer and holds a Master’s degree in general Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics based in Pula, Croatia. Since 2018, Lukas has worked on several portals writing about movies, TV shows, and video games. He's currently writing articles for two of them: Fiction Horizon and Comic Basics. He also has a YouTube channel in his native language, and the content there is mostly reviewing popular movies and TV shows. Lukas also has an Instagram page where he once used to post fan-made posters he made, which is something he would like to continue working on, as photo and video editing are also some of his passions. Lukas is a big movie lover who is okay with watching any kind of movie. His favorite movie is Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, but he's a loyal follower of Marvel and DC movies, as well as several other blockbuster franchises he's been following for years; Star Wars, Fast & Furious, Mission: Impossible, and James Cameron's Avatar are only some of them. His favorite director is Christopher Nolan, with Quentin Tarantino and Denis Villeneuve as honorable mentions. Lukas is also a big fan of four fantasy multimedia franchises; The Wizarding World, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Witcher, and The Lord of the Rings. He calls them "the four rulers of the fantasy genre." He loves to write about anything spawned from those franchises (books, games, movies...), as well as anything branded with the Marvel or DC logo. Video games and their adaptations are also something he follows faithfully since he's a big fan of story-driven single-player games like Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted, etc. His favorite video game ever is Red Dead Redemption 2.