Batgirl set photos tease Lex Luthor – and a connection to another DC movie

Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman
(Image credit: Warner Bros.)

New Batgirl🧸 s✱et photos tease some big connections to the wider DC universe.

The film stars Leslie Grace as the titular vigilante, while 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Michael Keaton returns as Batman. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bad Boys for Life helmers Adil El Arbi and Billal Fallah are in the directors' c🐼hairs.

While Batgirl is leading the movie, it looks like there are some big links to the rest of the DCEU, too. One𝐆 picture from the set reveals a magazine cover for the Gotham Tattler, with a headline that reads "Billionaire villain Lex Luther hires new lawyer to appeal sentence." Luther is usually spelled Luthor, so whether that's a typo or a slight change to the name remains to be seen.

The cover also makes reference to a bombing at the Capitol. In 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Luthor orchestrated the explosꦏion at the building, timed for a hearing on Superman. The villain also ended up in Arkham Asylum after the events of the movie, which saw him unleash the monstrous Doomsday – and by the sounds of things, he's still there.

That's not the only Easter egg to be found in the new pictures. Another set photo makes reference to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Court of Owls. In DC comics, this is a sinister group that runs Gotham City from the shadows – and once tried to enlist the original Robin, Dick Grayson. Look closely at the magazine cover, and you'll spot a "former circus child star" revealing that the Owls tried to recruit him. Grayson was part of a trapeze act with his parents as a child, and another set photo has already revealed Robin exis꧑ts in t𝐆he movie.

Then, one magazine cover features Black Canary, which fits with posters of the singer/superhero already spotted on the set, and another magazine references Vicki Vale, the journalist 🎐last seen on the big screen in 1989's Batman. 

It remains to be seen if any of these Easter eggs will be a big part of the plot,ꦺ or are just fun references to the rest🎃 of the universe. 

Batgirl doesn't yet have a release date, but is expected on HBO Max in 2022. In the meantime, check out our guide to watching 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:DC movies in order to get up to speed on the DCEU.

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