Even those who absolutely loathed David Ayer’s Suicide Squad agreed that Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn was the standout highlight, so it’d be smart for DC/WB to heavily rely on the character going forward. And indeed there are a few potential Quinn-centric projects in the works, including director Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey.
Announced last month, the film will pair up Harley Quinn with other female characters from the DC Universe, and Robbie talked about the project in a new chat with Collider.
“I pitched the idea of an R-rated girl gang film including Harley, because I was like, ‘Harley needs friends.’ Harley loves interacting with people, so don’t ever make her do a standalone film,” Robbie told the site. “She’s got to be with other people, it should be a girl gang. I wasn’t seeing enough girl gangs on screen, especially in the action space. So that was always a big part of it.”
The actress continued, “And then of course having a female director to tell that story. And giving a female director the chance to do big budget stuff. They always get ‘Here’s the tiny little film’… I was like, ‘I love action. I love action films. I’m a girl. What, are we meant to only like a specific thing’?” So it was a hugely important to find a female director for this, if possible. But at the end of the day — male, female — the best director gets the job and Cathy was the best director.”
Christina Hodson is working on the script.