What you won’t get to see on big screen

Just take a seem at these on-set images from DC Comics’ “Batgirl” — since they’re the only look we’re likely to get at the “shelved” movie.

Photos taken through the creation of the Warner Bros. film in February in Glasgow, Scotland, function its star, Leslie Grace, as effectively as Oscar winner J.K. Simmons and “The Mummy” actor Brendan Fraser, as well as their stunt doubles.

Michael Keaton, who was established to reprise his 1992 part as Batman, wasn’t pictured on established, but a stunt double in his typical 1990s Batsuit was. Having said that, photographers caught Keaton arriving in Glasgow for the duration of filming.

Simmons also stuns in stills as Gotham Town Law enforcement Commissioner Jim Gordon. Dressed in a beige trenchcoat and striped tie, the actor factors a gun at an unlucky stand-in for Keaton in the middle of the highway.

And then there is Batgirl herself, “In the Heights” alum Grace. In a blue leather-based Batsuit accented with a gold Batgirl symbol and footwear, her physique double’s ginger hair pops as she skirts all-around town on a motorbike. In another shot, the stuntwoman clutches crew associates as she climbs the stairs of a building.

Meanwhile, Fraser’s double was pictured in his villainous Firefly costume, donning a black fuel mask with an ominous tank — gas for the villain’s flamethrowers — strapped to his again.

Fraser himself was spotted walking out of a burning pharmacy clutching a bottle of capsules.

The 53-year-aged actor’s “Batgirl” job is part of his return to acting, as he stepped away from the enterprise in the latest years due to melancholy.

In 2018, he candidly shared that a previous Hollywood Foreign Push Affiliation president allegedly groped him in 2003.

Fraser is already a member of DC’s ever-expanding family with his purpose as Cliff “Robotman” Steele in the HBO Max collection “Doom Patrol.”

Other on-set pics contain a yellow Gotham taxi taxi, as properly as fiery explosions — on leading of both of those a fireplace truck and a burning building.

Right before “Batgirl” was scrapped completely, it was intended to head straight to HBO Max. The Puck newsletter claimed in April that WB’s then-chair Toby Emmerich was contemplating a theatrical operate for the film way too. 

But Emmerich stepped down in June to variety his very own creation enterprise — not lengthy after Warner Bros. merged with Discovery and David Zaslav turned the CEO of the new entity. He changed Emmerich with MGM’s Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy. 

Admirers figured some thing was amiss with the film when it was not described at all at DC’s San Diego Comic-Con panel last thirty day period. The substantially publicized celebration, following all, is built to raise publicity for forthcoming projects just like this 1.

When the venture was officially considered around with, a top Hollywood source advised The Write-up that the reportedly $70 million film — which insiders advised essentially topped $100 million — was not screen-screening very properly with audiences.

DC determined to slash its losses for the sake of the brand’s potential, the resource stated.

Much more candid photographs display the actors in street apparel, capturing less powerful scenes for the motion picture. In just one, an additional sporting a Metropolis of Gotham Law enforcement Office uniform flashed a peace signal at close by paparazzi.

The epic film would’ve been Keaton’s first return to the Batman character in about 30 years, and this could be Keaton’s second strike with DC Comics’ films. He is also intended to star as Batman together with troubled actor Ezra Miller — who takes advantage of they/them pronouns — in “The Flash,” a motion picture that has been shelved right until June 2023 thanks to their weird behavior and allegations of grooming allegations from them.

“The Flash” would incorporate not only Keaton but also Ben Affleck as his “Justice League” variation of the superhero.