Brendon Fraser Tapped As Firefly in DC Comics ‘Batgirl’ Feature Film

News October 25, 2021 6:55 pmOctober 29, 2021 10:47 am Caleb Williams
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Today, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Brendon Fraser would star in the DC Comics Batgirl feature film. Fraser has had sort of a renaissance of roles since his late 90’s roles in The Mummy films. Recently, he has appeared as the breakout star Cliff Steele on Doom Patrol for HBO Max.

We at Knight Edge Media had heard that the studio was looking for a “Kurt Russell-type” to fill the role of the main villain, Fraser will star as Firefly in the Batgirl solo film. This version of the character will be a disgruntled firefighter in Gotham, as we previously reported. Leslie Grace will star as Barbara Gordon, alongside J.K Simmons as Jim Gordon. Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah will co-helm the project with a screenplay from Christina Hodson. Production is currently underway.

Batgirl will debut on HBO Max in 2022

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Caleb began his film and television news reporting career during high school in 2008 by creating Superhero Movie News and part-time writing on ComicBookMovie.com. Eventually, he started Omega Underground with Christopher Marc in 2015. Breaking some major news stories throughout the industry and gaining recognition as a respectable film reporter on social media.

Caleb eventually sold Omega Underground and all its assets to Geeks World Wide, LLC in 2018 and became a staff writer for them for about a year. Finally, Caleb left GWW to begin Knight Edge Media from scratch in November 2019 while finishing his Bachelor’s degree in Strategic Communication: Social Media Management. Knight Edge Media has become a premier website destination for nerdy film and television casting, trailers, reviews, and production updates from the project’s announcement to its final worldwide release. Knight Edge Media has also been known for breaking several exclusive news stories throughout the website’s history. Appearing in The Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap.

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