Unedited Batgirl Movie Fight Scene Pulled Offline Just Hours After It Leaked on Social Media

An unedited fight scene from the scrapped Batgirl movie was pulled offline after it surfaced on social media on March 19.

X / Twitter account DC Film News posted the now-deleted video around 8pm Eastern time and captioned the post: “A look behind the scenes of the fight choreography for ‘BATGIRL’.” The caption also credited stunt performers Emily Cartagena, Scott Rogers, and Stephen Dunlevy for their work in the clip.

A look behind the scenes of the fight choreography for ‘BATGIRL’.

Stunt performers: Emely Cartagena, Scott Rogers, & Stephen Dunlevy. pic.twitter.com/2fJmFsFXc1— DC Film News (@DCFilmNews) March 19, 2025

The raw footage — which made no effort to hide harness cables, clearly proving this clip was far from finished — showed Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl, fighting a group of men in a room, presumably an apartment.

Despite the men having an advantage in size, she was far from losing the fight. At one point, she smashed through a wall that led to a bathroom on the other side where someone was sitting on the toilet, adding a splash of comedy to the action scene.

Sadly, there’s next to no hope of ever seeing this scene in its final form. Nearly three years ago, Warner Bros. cancelled the release of the Batgirl film, helmed by Ms. Marvel showrunners Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, amid restructuring two months prior.

Batgirl would have been next on the now-scrapped DCEU slate if Warner Bros. hadn't cancelled it, coming out ahead of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and Joker: Folie à Deux.

WarnerMedia merged with Discovery Inc to become Warner Bros. Discovery in April 2022, which is also when David Zaslav — who was CEO of Discovery Inc prior to the merger — became CEO of WBD. The decision to shelve the practically completed Batgirl film garnered much backlash within the industry and also from the general moviegoing public.

The movie, which was written by Birds of Prey writer Christina Hodson, was going to follow Gordon as she balanced a double life as Gotham’s head of police Commissioner Gordon’s daughter and a by-night vigilante. Alongside Grace, J.K. Simmons, Brendan Fraser, Michael Keaton, Ivory Aquino, and Jacob Scipico were also set to star.

Last year, Batman actor Michael Keaton admitted he was not all that bothered about Warner Bros. deciding to scrap the release of Batgirl. GQ asked Keaton whether he found the fate of Batgirl disappointing, considering he reprised his iconic Batman role opposite Leslie Grace's titular superhero. The short answer was "no." He was unfazed by the cancellation but did admit to feeling bad for the movie's directors, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.

"No, I didn't care one way or another. Big, fun, nice check," Keaton said while, according to the outlet, rubbing his fingers together in a money gesture resembling the act of clutching dollar bills.

Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.