Following the cancellation of DC’s Batgirl by Warner Bros. Discovery, actress Ivory Aquino has asked Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav to reconsider releasing the film.

The decision to cancel Batgirl‘s release was announced once the film was already in post-production. While it wasn’t yet finished, test screenings had reportedly taken place, meaning an early cut of the film must have already been completed.

Following reports of Warner Bros. Discovery’s plans to destroy all footage from the film, Batgirl actress Ivory Aquino has asked the studio’s CEO to reconsider in a heartfelt plea on social media.

Ivory Aquino Says David Zaslav Should Release Batgirl

Ivory Aquino played Alysia Yeoh in Batgirl, who would have been the first transgender character to appear in a DC movie.

Taking to Twitter to respond to reports of “funeral screenings” for Batgirl on the Warner Bros. lot, Aquino shared a message to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, suggesting he should reconsider the reprorted decision to destroy the footage from Batgirl and restore the film’s release.

Ivory Aquino called the film “a father-daughter story” and spoke of how she “was hoping it would resonate with other children around the world … who hold their fathers in the highest esteem.”

movie, I ask that this measure be reconsidered.

As much as I’ve tried my best to be strong these past few weeks, I’d find myself crying, for lack of a better term, from grief, and tonight was one of those nights. As much as Batgirl has been labeled a woke film, it simply came

— Ivory Aquino (@MsIvoryAquino) August 25, 2022

“If a month ago, there wasn’t a marketing budget for Batgirl, I’d venture to say that that has been taken care of by the turn of events these past few weeks,” the actress wrote, while praising the film’s “amazing supporters.”

Ivory Aquino finished her appeal to Zaslav by writing “Consider releasing Batgirl. She’s always been an underdog and has nowhere to go but up.”

Here is the synopsis for DC’s next film, Black Adam:

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the ancient gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam (Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra from a script written by Adam Sztykiel and Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani, the DCEU film stars Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell, Bodhi Sabongui, and Pierce Brosnan.

Black Adam opens in theaters on October 21, 2022. Be sure to continue following Heroic Hollywood for all the latest news on the DCEU and the fallout of the Batgirl cancellation, and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more original video content.

Source: Twitter