Joss Whedon is officially stepping down as the writer and director of DC’s live-action Batgirl movie. The development marks the latest major changeup in creative personnel working on the DC cinematic universe, now that Walter Hamada (The Conjuring franchise) has taken over as President of DC Films in the aftermath of Justice League‘s critical and commercial disappointment last fall.
Whedon, of course, (in)famously oversaw the reshoots for Justice League that resulted in an extensive revamp of director Zack Snyder’s original cut for the film – the followup to his own previous DC Comics adaptations, Man of Steel and Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. There were rumblings that Whedon had already stepped down as Batgirl‘s writer/director ...
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