A new movie is in the making DC Cinematic Universewhich will be about batgirl.
Just as the bat girlit is planned to take it to the big screen, where they plan to tell us the story of Barbara Gordon.
This filming is planned to be released this year, and as a relevant fact, it would be that one of the characters that will appear will be Alysia Yeohwho is her best friend, and will be played by Ivory Aquino.
This means that Alysia Yeohwill be the first transgender character in a live action film of the company DC.
Now talking about Ivory Aquinois a trans actress mostly known for her portrayal of Cecilia Chungtrans activist, in the ABC miniseries When We Risewhich is about the fight for LGBT rights, and also about his participation in the series Tales of the City of 2019.
Said production will be launched exclusively for the platform of hbo max.
In the past, movies like Eternals, Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman they suffered from some censorship, or scenes banned or released with certain audience restrictions.
This is because there are some countries that censor LGBTQ characters and stories, but the fact that batgirl will be an exclusive of the streaming platform owned by WarnerMediamakes censorship of this kind not a problem.
Getting into the matter, we must remember that the character of Alysia Yeoh It will mark a breakthrough for the LGBTQ acting community in Hollywood, but it’s not the only one.
We must remember, that Nicole Maines played the character of dreamera superhero in super girlthe live action series.
During a question and answer session at the New York Film Academy, Kevin FeigPresident of Marvel Studiossaid a transgender character would be featured in an upcoming Marvel. This was in 2020 and no further details have been revealed.
In this installment, we will also enjoy an interesting cast, since apart from Ivory Aquinothey will appear Leslie Grace who will play Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, J K Simmons will be the commissioner Jim Gordon, brendan fraser What FireflyWho will be the villain of this movie?
In addition, the return of Michael KeatonWhat Batmanwho interpreted it in 1989 in the film Batman from Tim Burton and in the 1992 sequel.
As the party responsible for this project, we find that in its direction they collaborate Adil El Arbi Y bilall fallah Known for directing the movie Bad Boys for Lifejust as the script is in the hands of Christina Hodsonscreenwriter of birds of prey.