“Querida familia! Following the recent news about our ‘Batgirl’ film, I’m 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 wrote in Instagram. “I feel blessed to have worked among absolute greats and forged lifelong relationships in the process! To every Batgirl fan – THANK YOU for the love and faith, allowing me to take on the cape and be, as Babs said best, “my own damn hero!” Batgirl for life!” Grace’s post was accompanied by a behind-the-scenes look at the film, including videos of Grace working the camera, singing Nelly Furtado’s ‘Promiscuous Girl’ with her co-stars and crooning Whitney’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ Houston while suiting them up. Warner Bros. announced on Aug. 2 that it will not release the $90 million “Batgirl” in theaters or on the HBO Max streamer, despite the film being fully shot and in post-production. Sources told Variety that the decision to kill off “Batgirl” had nothing to do with the quality of the film. Instead, the studio intended to fulfill its desire for DC movies to be on a grand scale, which “Batgirl” was not, as it was originally designed specifically for HBO Max. “Batgirl” directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah released their own statement a day after the film’s release, saying they were “saddened and shocked” by the news. The filmmaking duo is best known for directing “Bad Boys for Life” and episodes of “Ms. Miracle.” “We still can’t believe it,” the directing duo wrote in a statement. “As filmmakers, it’s critical to get our work out to the public, and while the film was far from complete, we wish fans around the world had the opportunity to see and embrace the finished film for themselves. Maybe one day they will insha’Allah.” “It has been a privilege and an honor to be a part of the DCEU, even for a brief moment,” their statement added. “Batgirl For Life.” Grace had spoken enthusiastically about “Batgirl” before the film’s release. The actress told Variety in April that she had even had preliminary discussions with El Arbi and Fallah about what the sequel could be. “There are crazy stunts, crazy drops,” Grace added of the film. “She’s a biker chick, so you’re going to see her get up to a lot of mischief… There were a lot of long days, but it was worth it.” Variety also reported that a tax incentive was the driving force behind the decision to kill off “Batgirl.” According to the report: “Warner Bros. it will almost certainly take a tax cut, which is seen internally as the most financially sound way to cover the cost (at least, on the books). He could justify this by chalking it up to a post-merger strategy change. Doing so, however, would mean that Warner Bros. can’t make money from either film — neither an HBO Max debut nor a sale to another studio.”
