![]() Finally, DC brought to life a definitive live-action portrayal of the Birds of Prey. Birds of Prey even included a much younger Batgirl in Cassandra Cain, played by Ella Jay Basco. And Rosie Perez’s Renee Montoya added a mature gravitas to an overall stellar cast who seemed to have as much fun on-screen as behind the scenes. Jurnee Smollett gave a layered and empathetic portrayal of Black Canary trapped in Roman Sionis aka Black Mask’s ( Ewan McGregor) criminal organization. Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s Huntress brought a tongue-in-cheek levity to the concept of superhero nicknames. Although it was a direct spin-off of the critically slammed Suicide Squad (2016), the film took the best part of that movie, Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, and paired her with a cast of dynamic and charismatic characters. ![]() Directed by Cathy Yan with a script written by Bumblebee writer Christina Hodson, the theatrical Birds of Prey seemed primed for success. That was the hope with the 2020 film Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), or as it's more commonly called, Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey. If the Birds of Prey had no luck on television after two attempts, then perhaps they might have found an audience in theaters. The last time we see Huntress, she is left in prison, leaving us without a proper team-up of the Birds of Prey. Throughout the series, Huntress would face Green Arrow and two different versions of Black Canary, Laurel Lance ( Katie Cassidy) and Sara Lance ( Caity Lotz). More accurately adapted from the comics (instead of forcing a loose connection to Tim Burton’s Batman films), Helena Bertinelli ( Jessica De Gouw) appeared in the first season of Arrow as the daughter of a crime boss in Starling City, as one of Oliver Queen’s love interests, and more importantly, as the vigilante known as Huntress. Although a range of DC superhero shows would spin off from Arrow - The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, and Batwoman - it was primarily through Arrow that the closest to a live-action Birds of Prey team would take shape. ![]() After UPN and The WB channels merged officially into The CW, and after the conclusion of Smallville, Greg Berlanti and other writer-producers who were also fans of DC created the “Arrowverse,” which began with 2012’s Arrow starring Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen. The next attempt at a live-action Birds of Prey was also on television. Meanwhile, The WB’s Superman show Smallville continued for 10 seasons with popular success. It would be a while before Huntress, Batgirl/Oracle ( Dina Meyer), Dinah Lance/Black Canary ( Rachel Skarsten), and Harley Quinn ( Mia Sara) would be adapted into live-action again. Before its thirteen-episode season finished, The WB canceled Birds of Prey due to a lack of viewership. However, capitalizing on the Burton films didn’t bring in enough of an audience. Using footage from Batman Returns, the promos explicitly teased how Helena Kyle aka Huntress ( Ashley Scott) was the daughter of Batman and Catwoman, portrayed by Michael Keaton and Michelle Pfeiffer in Tim Burton’s films, respectively. The fact Birds of Prey is rated R despite being a superhero movie handcrafted for 13-year-old girls, however, remains unresolved.In order to sidestep any association with the Schumacher films, the trailers for Birds of Preyexplicitly tied the show to Tim Burton’s more successful and popular take on Batman and Gotham City. is hoping to readjust the film’s SEO in real time, reminding moviegoers how much they love Harley, and ostensibly keeping hawk-obsessed movie fans from storming out of the theater in disappointment. (And by less than stellar, we mean the worst of the DC Extended Universe thus far, having pulled in only $33 million domestically.) According to Entertainment Weekly, theaters including AMC, Regal, and Cinemark are now listing the film as Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey. In a move that counts as a personal victory for the one executive you know has been insisting the film should be called Harley Quinn this whole time, it seems Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is hoping to course correct in light of its less than stellar opening weekend.
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