Brendan Fraser, who faded out from Hollywood after 'George of the Jungle' and 'The Mummy', has been cast in DC's upcoming 'Batgirl' movie. He will play the villainous Firefly, a sociopath with a passion for pyrotechnics, opposite Leslie Grace, reports 'Variety'.

Specific plot details for 'Batgirl' have been kept under wraps, but it is known that it centres on Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Gotham police commissioner Jim Gordon.