Michael Keaton Played Batman in Axed ‘Batgirl’ Movie but Isn’t Upset the Film Got Shelved: ‘I Didn’t Care One Way or Another. Big, Fun, Nice Check’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Michael Keaton recently told GQ magazine that he wasn’t too upset when Warner Bros. scrapped the release of “Batgirl,” in which the actor reprised his iconic role of Batman opposite Leslie Grace in the title role.
The studio shelved the film in August 2022 in a cost-cutting move. The $90 million-budgeted “Batgirl” was already shot and through post-production when the decision was made, which came as a shock to the industry.
Variety reported that a tax incentive was a driving force behind the decision to kill “Batgirl.” “No, I didn’t care one way or another.
Big, fun, nice check,” Keaton said when asked if he was disappointed in the film’s axing. GQ notes that Keaton was also “rubbing his fingers together in the universal gesture for ‘moolah.'” “I like those boys.
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