Roxane Gay in 2015 (Photo by Eva Blue on Flickr)
Bisexual author Roxane Gay might be the writer of DC Comics’ upcoming Batgirl movie.
How did this happen?
On Thursday 22 February, Joss Whedon announced his exit from the film project, saying he didn’t have a story for it.
After this announcement, Gay took to Twitter to state that she’d be very happy writing the movie in Whedon’s place.
Hey @DCComics I can write your batgirl movie, no prob.
— roxane gay (@rgay) February 22, 2018
‘Hey DC Comics I can write your Batgirl movie, no prob,’ the author wrote.
Michele Wells, Vice President of Warner Brothers and DC Comics, was quick to respond to Gay’s Tweet.
If you’re serious…contact me. [email protected]
— Michele Wells (@michelewells) February 22, 2018
‘If you’re serious, contact me,’ Wells wrote, providing her email address.
Yes I am serious. I will email you.
— roxane gay (@rgay) February 22, 2018
‘Yes I am serious. I will email you,’ Gay replied.
Roxane Gay wrote the World of Wakanda comic series for Marvel, alongside fellow author Ta-Nehisi Coates. She also co-wrote the screen adaptation of her novel, An Untamed State.
Gay is best known for her collection of essays titled Bad Feminist, which was released in 2014.
Fan Reactions
Fans on Twitter were ecstatic upon hearing this news.
Whoa! Roxane Gay just pitched herself to write Batgirl movie and Warner’s VP tweeted her back. pic.twitter.com/KGr8VxCiJI
— ReBecca Theodore-Vachon (@FilmFatale_NYC) February 23, 2018
don’t want to get my hopes up but i think roxane gay replacing joss whedon on batgirl may be proof that we’re back in the good timeline
— Peyton Thomas (@silkspectres) February 23, 2018
Roxane Gay, one of my favorite writers possibly writing a Batgirl movie? pic.twitter.com/YEdBu9AleK
— bre woods (@itsreallybre) February 23, 2018
Roxane Gay is legit on a roll for Batgirl movie because she totally owns the merit to do this
— Faheem Zahid (@fxhxxm) February 24, 2018
But of course, there have been think pieces springing up about how Gay ‘probably won’t’ end up doing the movie. And her response to that is priceless:
Because I have google alerts I’ve seen a number of articles that say “Roxane Gay probably won’t write a Batgirl movie.” That may be true but I’m allowed to be ambitious and aim for the top. Men do it all. The. Time.
— roxane gay (@rgay) February 24, 2018
‘Because I have google alerts I’ve seen a number of articles that say “Roxane Gay probably won’t write a Batgirl movie.” That may be true but I’m allowed to be ambitious and aim for the top. Men do it all. The. Time.’
