Shazam Costume Designer Leah Butler would love to design DC Comics’ new version of Batgirl, coming to HBO Max as a feature film!
A couple of months ago we found out that In The Heights breakout star, Leslie Grace will be dawning the cowl as ‘Batgirl‘ for an HBO Max feature film. No release date or release date for the project has been announced by Warner Bros., HBO Max’s parent company. We recently reported that Firefly could be the possible villain of the film.
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With a new cinematic version of Batgirl, we’re bound to see a new costume.
Shazam Costume Designer Leah Butler Thinks Batgirl Could Be Super Fun To Design
During a recent interview with us, Leah Butler, the Costume Designer for Shazam recently expressed interest in taking a crack at caped crusader.
You are responsible for one of the coolest costume designs for superheroes, which is Shazam. Is there any other superheroes you’d like to take your crack at?
Leah Butler: Gosh, I would love to see one of the femme Fatales; a female, a very strong female. I know that Batgirl is in the works, or something like that would be super fun for me. I just think that there’s so much to portray right now in women, and their strength and, and go forward in. Yeah, that would be fun for me.
Leah Butler was able to walk the fine line of honoring Shazam’s traditional look from his comic book counterpart and making something that seemed cinematic and was the perfect rendition of a superhero based on wish fulfillment.
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It’s unknown what Butler’s approach to Batgirl would with her experience in the genre we’d love to see what she could do.
We’ve Seen Batgirl In Live-Action Before
This won’t be the first time we see Batgirl in live-action. From 1967 – 1968, Yvonne Craig famously portrayed Barbara Gordon in Batman 66 and later appeared Dina Myer played the Oracle version of Barbara Gordon on Birds of Prey in 1992. Barbara also appears in Titans season 3 portrayed by Savannah Welch.
We’re excited to see what Leslie Grace’s portrayal of Barbara Gordon adds to the legacy.
Batgirl will be releasing in 2022 on HBO Max. Are you excited to see Batgirl’s suit? What are you hoping she looks like? Let us know on Twitter!
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