Whenever I hear the name “Birds of Prey”, I think of the old CW show with Dina Meyer, Ashley Scott and Rachel Skarsten. Thankfully, WB has seen fit to upgrade all of that. It also changes the story somewhat, as the original Birds of Prey focused on Oracle (a.k.a. Batgirl / Barbara Gordon), The Huntress, and Dinah Lance. I’ll admit that I’m a bit excited for this, as Margot Robbie really was one of the best parts of 2016’s Suicide Squad and this film features Cassandra Cain, one of the more deadly versions of Batgirl in recent DC History. It even has the hyenas from Batman: The Animated Series.
Having broken up with the Joker, Harley is ready to strike out on her own, teaming up with The Huntress and Black Canary to save a child (mostly likely Cassandra).. On board are Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Fargo) as The Huntress, Ewan McGregor (also Fargo) as Black Mask, Jurnee Smolett-Bell (True Blood) as Black Canary. Additionally, Ella Jay Bosco, Rosie Perez, & Chris Messina are featured.
Christina Hodson wrote the script. Having previously worked on Bumblebee, that definitely should work out well. Cathy Yan (Dead Pigs) is handling the directing duties.
Birds of Prey: And the Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is set take on Gotham in February 2020.
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I haven’t read comics in decades but is this Huntress the one who had a couple of appearances in ‘Brave And The Bold’ back in the late 60’s. She wore some sort of leopard skin bikini with boots and hat of the same material, (I hope it was faux). She had been a Golden Age villainess and was fun to read and look at. In any event the trailer looks entertaining as look as they don’t make it too unbelievable.
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Regarding Huntress, I’m not entirely sure. I would need to check with the rest of the staff. We have a few comic gurus that would know more than I do on that. The Huntress in the old show was Batman and Catwoman’s daughter.
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The Birds of Prey Huntress is the third DC character to be named Huntress. (I guess they really liked the name.) The original Golden Age Huntress was later renamed Tigress.
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