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Exiting Huge Movie

[Blind Gossip] This famous multi-hyphenate director says that he has chosen to exit from a huge movie project because he just couldn’t figure out how to make the story work.

That’s not the whole story.

It took months for them to convince him to step down. They wanted him out because they knew trouble was coming in the form of multiple complaints from women on previous films. This is a female protagonist film, so they didn’t want the controversy. Problem is that he had a contract, so they had to be careful about their approach. It had to look like he “volunteered” to leave. I don’t know what they had to give him to make him go away, but it had to be substantial.

We do not know who is up at bat to replace him, but certainly hope it will be someone who is more respectful of women.

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[Optional] Who should the company hire to replace him?

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  4. Joss Whedon
    Batgirl
    Get Lexi Alexander to direct; Roxane Gay, Hope Larson or Gail Simone to write the script.

  9. Ben Affleck
    Batman

    Up to bat makes me think of this

    Optional. DC movies are terrible. The Nolan/bale we’re the best

  11. Joss Whedon is out of “Batgirl.”
    If the coming allegations prove true, he is an enormous hypocrite.
    Remember his awful tweet about the teenage cancer survivors
    meeting Paul Ryan?

  12. Joss Whedon

    Batgirl

    Patty Jenkins to replace him of course!

    So sad to think the creator of Buffy would turn out to be one of “those” guys

  16. Joss Whedon for the Batgirl movie.

    Honestly, after seeing Black Panther i would say Ryan Coogler. He did some great work with the female characters in that film.

  17. Director: Joss Whedon

    Movie: Bat Girl

    Optional: Michelle McLaren

    I’m honestly surprised it took this long for him to exit. His reshoots of Justice League didn’t make that work. His ex-wife spoke out last summer, shortly before the Weinstein bombshell, so it almost slipped under the radar.

    I’m curious about which actresses who worked under him on Buffy and the MCU films could come out about his behavior towards them.

  25. Joss Whedon – Batgirl
    They should hire a woman, first and foremost. Maybe Millicent Shelton, who’s done wonders on TV and might like to tackle the big screen. But secondly, they need to rethink their entire film franchise because they’re doing it wrong.

  30. Director: Joss Whedon
    Movie: Batgirl

    Who should they hire to replace him? Patty Jenkins or a woman with the chops but not the opportunity. Time is up!

  32. Joss Whedon just exited Batgirl, and good riddance too, could hyphenate mean writer/director/producer?

  36. Joss Whedon just stepped down from Batgirl so I’m going with him. I think they should get a female director for it anyway then maybe they’ll have a good movie for once from someone who’s not just trying to sexualize the females. I like Joss Whedon’s films, but IDK I don’t think he’s the best director by any means and if these rumors are true I’d probably hate the movie more.

  41. huh. I thought that was a weak excuse Joss gave for leaving Batgirl.
    He’s still involved peripherally with the MCU, tho, isn’t he?