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The “Batgirl” directors revealed they don’t have any saved footage of the film, but still hope to release it one day.

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah told the SKRIPT YouTube channel in an interview that they don’t have any footage from “Batgirl,” claiming the studio blocked their access to the production servers after it was shelved.

“We have nothing! Adil called me and said, ‘Go ahead shoot some things on your cellphone.’ I went on the server and everything was blocked,” Fallah, 36, said. 

“We were like, ‘F—king s—t!’,” said El Arbi, 34. “’All the scenes with Batman in them! S—t!’”

The Post has reached out to Warner Bros. for comment.

The duo said in the interview that they were in the middle of the editing process when Warner Bros. decided to shelve the film.

“The guys from Warners told us, ‘It was not a talent problem from our part or the actress, or even the quality of the movie,’” said El Arbi, who was speaking in French.

“They told us it was a strategic change. There was new management, and they wanted to save some money.”


  Leslie Grace in the shelved “Batgirl” movie. Twitter/Leslie Grace Leslie Grace in the shelved “Batgirl” movie. Twitter/Leslie Grace

  David Zaslav shelved “Batgirl” in the middle of the editing process. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for TIME David Zaslav shelved “Batgirl” in the middle of the editing process. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for TIME

The $90 million film, which was in the post-production phase, was shelved by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav in order to take a tax write-down on the movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“First, when I heard the news, I was shocked, I didn’t know how to react. I wanted to break stuff, cry, even laugh. I was like, ‘this is not happening,’” Fallah revealed.

The Belgian filmmakers were surprised to see how the public reacted to the news and were touched to see the hashtag #ReleaseBatgirl trending on Twitter.

“Seeing all the support on Twitter, and even from big directors Edgar Wright and James Gunn, who sent us supportive messages, it was comforting,” Fallah said.


  Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah admitted a lot of work would need to happen before “Batgirl” will ever be released.  Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah admitted a lot of work would need to happen before “Batgirl” will ever be released.  Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

The cast of “Batgirl” only learned of the news after The Post broke the story that the film would never come to life.

Even though the film was scrapped, leaving the cast humiliated, the “Bad Boys for Life” directors still hope the world will get to see it one day.

“After all we make movies for the audience, not for us,” El Arbi said. “We just hope that one day the movie will be released, for the cast and crew. We are a small family.”

“We hope, inshallah, it will happen,” Fallah added.

But the pair admitted a lot of work would need to happen before it would ever be released. 

“[Batgirl] cannot be released in its current state,” El Arbi said. “There’s no VFX, we still had to shoot some scenes. So if [Warner Bros.] wanted us to release the ‘Batgirl’ movie they would need to give us the means to do it. To finish it properly with our vision.”

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