Birds of Prey
During Warner Bros. ' CinemaCon intro Tuesday , Birds of Prey ( And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)star Margot Robbie confirmed that Quinn is not actually a extremity of the Birds of Prey squad . In DC Comics lore , Birds of Prey is the name of a distaff team that was to begin with get by Black Canary and Barbara Gordon , and later accept on various dissimilar members , including Huntress and Lady Blackhawk .
Indeed , Black Canary and Huntressare both specify to come out in the approaching movie interpretation ofBirds of Prey , with Jurnee Smollett - Bell as Black Canary and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress . Much to the chagrin of many DC fans , Barbara Gordon herself will not look in the flick ( unless it ’s congeal to form a major surprise ) . However , popularBirds of Preycomics character Cassandra Cain will appear , played by Ella Jay Basco . But the movie willlargely center around Harley Quinn , with Margot Robbie reprise the function she originated inSuicide Squad .
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As may have been teased by the moving picture ’s claim , which name to Birds of Preyandthe first-class emancipation of Harley Quinn as if they are disjoined matters , Quinn is indeed not a member of the titular squad in the movie . This fact was confirmed by Margot Robbie herself on Tuesday from CinemaCon , where Warner Bros. host a newspaper headline - making gore .
Robbie ’s substantiation end speculation that the young movie might mess up with comic book of account tradition by make Quinn a phallus of Birds of Prey . Now it ’s clear that in the film the actual Birds team , Huntress and Black Canary , become somehow necessitate with Quinn during the course of study of the plot , which touch the nefarious Black Mask ( Ewan McGregor ) nabbing Cassandra Cain after she comes into ownership of a diamond that belong to him . Leaks from the sethave already designate Quinn get after Black Mask , whilealso teasing Quinn ’s new smell .
DC fans who were already disordered about Barbara Gordon / Oracle being left out of the motion picture may take some solace from knowing that the film will not take on around with canon and make Harley Quinn an prescribed Birds of Prey member . However , the film does still center around Quinn , which cause it perhaps something less than a real , prescribed Birds of Prey motion-picture show . distinctly , Warner Bros. was hesitant to push out a full Birds of Prey - centered film and so determine it would make signified to work Quinn , an launch character with a solid following among casual fans , into the movie alongside the Birds . Any manner you count at it , Birds of Prey ( And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)is giving amusing book movie fans a muckle of reasons to be excited .
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