Michael Keaton Doesn’t Care That Batgirl Got Canceled – “Big, Fun, Nice Check”

Actor Michael Keaton filmed new scenes as Batman for the movie Batgirl, but Warner Bros. Discovery scrapped the film and never released it. Keaton was recently asked how he felt about the movie never seeing the light of day, and the actor isn’t too bothered.

“No, I didn’t care one way or another. Big, fun, nice check,” Keaton told GQ.

Keaton went on to say that he’s a fan of the directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, saying “they’re nice guys.” He said he wants them to succeed and feels bad that they felt bad about the situation. But as for Keaton, he said with a shrug, “I’m good.”

Batgirl was canceled after it had just begun the first stage of editing and still needed a lot more work, Arbi said, but it had completed filming. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav made the move in part to save money on taxes as part of a wider cost-reduction program that also included layoffs.

Also in the interview, Keaton sung the praises of Tim Burton, who directed him in 1989’s Batman. He said there is a “strong possibility” that the Marvel and DC movie universes would not exist were it not for Burton.

While Keaton didn’t end up playing Batman in Batgirl, he did come back as Batman in The Flash.

Keaton’s latest project is Bettlejuice Beetlejuice, in which Keaton reunites with Burton some 36 years after the original Beetlejuice was released. The movie releases in theaters on September 6.