New photos from the set of HBO Max’s Batgirl show off an Easter egg tying the DCEU film to Wonder Woman 1984.
A new Batgirl set photo features an Easter egg tying the upcoming HBO Max release to fellow DC Extended Universe film Wonder Woman 1984.
Shared to the r/DCEUleaks subreddit, as well as Twitter, the photos in question showcases a van belonging to Stagg Enterprises. The company’s founder, Simon Stagg, previously appeared in Wonder Woman 1984, in which he was portrayed by Oliver Cotton.
Created by Bob Haney and Ramona Fradon, Simon Stagg has been a member of the DC Universe for quite some time, first appearing in The Brave and the Bold #57, cover-dated January 1965. The character’s company, Stagg Enterprises — also known as Stagg Industries or simply STAGG — debuted one issue later in Haney and Fradon’s The Brave and the Bold #58, cover-dated March 1965.
Prior to making his big-screen debut in 2020’s Wonder Woman 1984, Stagg was portrayed by William Sadler in an episode of The Flash in 2014. In Wonder Woman 1984, Cotton’s version of Stagg runs Stagg Industries, which invests in Maxwell Lord’s (Pedro Pascal) company, Black Gold Cooperative. However, Stagg eventually discovers that Black Gold is little more than a Ponzi scheme. Ultimately, Lord — imbued with the power of the Dreamstone — has Stagg Industries raided…
