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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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  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?

  54. Director: Joss Wheadon

    Movie: Batgirl

    Good riddance! After the * he pulled in Age of Ultron and Justice League, I wouldn’t mind him staying away from superhero movies forever.

  58. Director: Joss Whedon

    Movie: Batgirl

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

    Either Patty Jenkins or Ava DuVernay. We need more *-kicking women and less gratuitous * in these movies. Some of these male Uber-nerds are damaged goods.

  66. Joss Whedon for the Batgirl movie. Ugh I’m soooo disappointed. 🙁 I’ve loved him since the Buffy tVS movie!

    Clue: who is up at BAT to replace him.

  70. THANK GAWD!!!

    They fired Tarantino from Star Trek!!! He would have tainted the entire franchise for years and un-done everything the Roddenberry had sought to build with the Star Trek universe and franchise!!

  71. Joss Whedon
    Batgirl
    It would be too tongue in cheek to hire the director from WW but maybe the director of the first 50 shades? she’d prob do the story justice.

  77. This is Joss Whedon, I love his work but I always knew he was a hypocrite. I figured something would come out about him sooner or later.

    Why not Greta Gerwig? After the success of Wonder Woman, a female director would be a great fit.

  80. Joss Whedon left Batgirl with up to bat as the clue. He should have scandals come out. He was lucky his wife saw his life as ‘infidelities’ and he described it as falling into the entrapping of fame by cheating. I’d bet my left arm he used casting couch methods to cherry pick actresses he made famous.

  82. Joss Whedon
    Batgirl

    Don’t care. I wasn’t excited about a Batgirl movie – even though I love Whedon projects in general.

  84. This one is easy
    Director: Joss Whedon
    Movie: The Batgirl Movie

    I guess he has more skeletons in his closest than I imagine.

    Optional: The company should hire a female director. There are plenty of them that are never given the opportunity to work on a major film.

  89. Director: Joss Whedon
    Movie: Batgirl
    [Optional] Who should the company hire to replace him? Patty Jenkins

  90. Director: Joss Whedon

    Movie: Batgirl

    Replacement Director that I would want for this type of movie: Patty Jenkins