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Birds of Prey Movie Storyline. Since the events of Suicide Squad, Batman has disappeared, leaving Gotham City unprotected from crime, and Harley Quinn has left the Joker. When Cassandra Cain, a young girl, comes across a diamond belonging to crime lord Black Mask, Harley joins forces with Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya to help protect her.
By November 2016, Birds of Prey, based on the female superhero team of the same name, was in development with Christina Hodson signed on as screenwriter. By April 2018, Warner Bros. selected Cathy Yan as director, with Margot Robbie, Sue Kroll, and Bryan Unkless serving as producers. Robbie will reprise her role as Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad. The film is expected to be the first theatrical R-rated installment in the franchise and will have a smaller budget than most of the other films.
In addition to Robbie’s starring role, the team roster will also include Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, and Ella Jay Basco as Huntress, Black Canary, Renee Montoya, and Cassandra Cain, respectively. Black Mask will serve as the film’s primary antagonist with Ewan McGregor portraying the character, and Chris Messina will be portraying Victor Zsasz.
The film began pre-production in late July 2018. Principal photography commenced on January 15, 2019, in Los Angeles, and lasted until April 15, 2019. In November 2018, Robbie revealed the full title of the film as Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). Birds of Prey is scheduled to be released on February 7, 2020.
Birds of Prey: All female superhero team
The Birds of Prey is the name of an all female superhero team (with an exception of Hawk) featured in several American comic book series, miniseries, and special editions published by DC Comics since 1996. The book’s premise originated as a partnership between Black Canary and Barbara Gordon, who had adopted the codename Oracle at the time, but has expanded to include additional superheroines.
The team name “Birds of Prey” was attributed to DC assistant editor Frank Pittarese in the text page of the first issue. The group is initially based in Gotham City and later operates in Metropolis and then relocates once more to “Platinum Flats”, California, a new locale introduced in Birds of Prey in 2008.
The series was conceived by Jordan B. Gorfinkel and originally written by Chuck Dixon. Gail Simone scripted the comic from issue #56 to #108. Sean McKeever was originally to replace Simone, but McKeever subsequently decided to leave the project and only wrote issues #113–117; Tony Bedard, who wrote issues #109–112, briefly took over the title at issue #118. Artists have included Butch Guice, Greg Land, Ed Benes and Joe Bennett; Nicola Scott began a stint as artist with issue #100. In 2011, the title was relaunched under writer Duane Swierczynski and artist Jesus Saiz.
Despite the title of the series being Birds of Prey, the phrase was not mentioned in the book until issue #86, when one of the group’s members, Zinda Blake, suggests that it might be a fitting name for the team. However, the other characters get sidetracked and do not respond to her suggestion. Oracle, the team’s leader, refers to the group by that name in a conversation with the new Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes, and later within the series.
The core of the team is made up of Oracle and Black Canary, with other heroines forming a rotating roster sometimes for extended periods, sometimes for merely one adventure. After Black Canary’s departure, Huntress remained as the staple member and field leader, alongside new “core members”.
Following the events of Flashpoint (2011) and the company-wide relaunch as part of The New 52, Oracle recovers her mobility and reclaims her former Batgirl identity, taking a brief hiatus from the team in the process. Despite the previously all-female central roster, male allies such as Nightwing, Wildcat, Savant and Creote frequently assist missions. In addition, Hawk and Dove briefly joined the team, making Hawk its first male member.
With the 2016 company wide soft relaunch DC Rebirth, the Birds of Prey are re-introduced in the new title Batgirl and the Birds of Prey, initially featuring a team consisting of Batgirl, Black Canary and Huntress.
Birds of Prey (2020)
Directed by: Cathy Yan
Starring: Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ewan McGregor, Bojana Novakovic, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ali Wong, Chris Messina, Jenelle McKee, Rosie Perez, Matthew Willig, Charlene Amoia
Screenplay by: Christina Hodson
Production Design by: K.K. Barrett
Cinematography by: Matthew Libatique
Film Editing by: Jay Cassidy, Evan Schiff
Costume Design by: Erin Benach, Helen Huang
Set Decoration by: Florencia Martin
Art Direction by: Kasra Farahani, Julien Pougnier
Music by: Daniel Pemberton
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: February 7, 2020
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