![]() ![]() Birds of Prey is also littered with DC Easter eggs from the comics, cartoons, video games, and previous films in the DCEU. It also manages to be super bright and colorful to fit Harley’s esthetic, while maintaining the dark and moody overtone that movies in the DCEU tend to have. This quirky style of storytelling fits her character and I’d easily believe that’s how her brain works. ![]() It’s also done in a sometimes chaotic, non-linear way. The story is told from Harley’s point of view using voice overs, animation, text, and fourth wall breaks. I loved this movie, and I’ve been super excited since I saw the first teaser trailer, and I am happy to report it exceeded my expectations. Roman Sionis (Ewan McGregor), an eccentric crime lord eager on expanding his empire, takes this opportunity to claim Harley for himself stating, “If she doesn’t belong to the Joker, she belongs to me.” This starts a chain of events that leads to a young pickpocket with a $50,000 bounty on her head and four unlikely women banding together to protect her. Harley (Margot Robbie) and the Joker have broken up, and now any person who’s ever held a grudge against her has decided it’s open season on the Clown Prince of Crime’s former partner. Birds of Prey is Harley’s latest adventure on the big screen, and she is joined by several of DC’s well-known female vigilantes.īirds of Prey picks up sometime after the events of Suicide Squad (2016). Since then, Harley Quinn has been written into comic books, appeared in multiple animated tv shows and movies, and recently made her live-action movie debut in Suicide Squad (2016). Writers had only planned to have her appear in one episode, but when her popularity skyrocketed with fans, she was made a regular character. Harley Quinn has been a fan favorite since her debut in Batman: The Animated Series (Season 1, Episode 7 “Joker’s Favor”). Synopsis: After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord. ![]() Audiences will have to see exactly what WB decides to call Birds of Prey, but the title will hardly be as important to the film's success if it can continue to assemble talent in front of and behind the camera.Stars: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ella Jay Basco Should the title eventually be revealed to be something like Harley Quinn & Birds of Prey, it'd set up a future for more installments without Harley, while still capitalizing on her name at first. ![]() After all, Robbie's anti-hero is the known commodity for audiences and the lead by default. There's still no word on what the actual title of the movie will be, but it would make sense that Harley Quinn will be in the title. While he just did Venom, Libatique also worked on Iron Man and Iron Man 2, so he's no stranger to the superhero movie genre.Īs for Birds of Prey's possible new title, this is something that was previously thought to be possible when WB gave it an official 2020 release date. He was nominated by the Academy for his work on Black Swan but has been a frequent collaborator of Darren Aronofsky, as he also was the director of photography on mother!, Requiem for a Dream, Pi, and The Fountain. Libatique's body of work speaks for itself, so him joining Birds of Prey all but guarantees it will look fantastic at the very least. ![]()
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