DRIVE Director Nicolas Winding Refn Wants to Make a BATGIRL Film
Nicolas Winding Refn, the director behind films such as Bronson, Drive, and Only God Forgives, would love to make a comic book movie. If you’ve seen any of the director’s films, you know he has a hypnotic visual style, and his stories can be very dark and moody. I’ve liked a couple of his films, and it would definitely be interesting to see his take on a superhero film.
The filmmaker recently did an interview with Business Insider and said he would have liked to take on Wonder Woman, but since the character was already taken, he reveals Batgirl would be a cool opportunity for him. When asked about taking on a superhero film he said:
"God, I would love to make one, it would probably be great fun. I just don't know when it's going to happen. I very much enjoy my freedom creatively, but I also would love to make one of those big Hollywood films that costs a lot of money and has a lot of people running around with cell phones and all that insanity. What ones are left? You know the one I want to do? I want to make Batgirl. Let's get Warner working on it."
A Batgirl movie directed by Refn? That'd be interesting. There’s no doubt he'd do some very different and unique with the character, and that’s probably why Warner Bros. will never ask him to do it. His most recent film was The Neon Demon, which was such a damn strange film. I'm still not sure if I liked it or not. It completely bombed at the box office this weekend with only about $600,000, though, so doing a commercial film like Batgirl probably wouldn't be a bad thing for the director's career at this point.
There have been several different versions of Batgirl over the years, the most popular being Barbara Gordon. Other versions of the character include Betty Kane, Helena Bertinelli, Cassandra Cain, and Stephanie Brown. I imagine if we ever do see Batgirl get her own film it would center around Barbara Gordon.
It’s been rumored that Batgirl could be introduced in the Harley Quinn Suicide Squad spin-off film that's in development. Maybe the studio should consider hiring Refn to direct that movie! What do you think about this filmmaker taking on a superhero film like Batgirl?