2) Barbara Gordon (Batgirl)
Despite Barbara Gordon’s Batgirl being a creation of the classic 1960s TV show, she has been treated pretty poorly by the small and big screens since then. It’s a crime that Alicia Silverstone’s clueless (heh) portrayal in Batman & Robin is the only time the character has made it to film.
Again, this looks set to be righted very soon, with it all but confirmed that Jena Malone will play the character in the upcoming Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. Hopefully they won’t jump straight to her non-superhero identity as Oracle, though, and instead give her a chance at being Batgirl.
As mentioned above, there aren’t enough female costumed heroes around right now. Besides, as the relaunched version of the character in the New 52 proved, Babs is a great character in her own right.
Malone hasn’t really played a role like Batgirl before, but she certainly looks the part and we’re hopeful that she can do the role, er, justice.