Margot Robbie will be leading the cast of WB/DC’s “girl gang” movie Birds of Prey as Harley Quinn, and we’ve learned today that Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jurnee Smollett-Bell will be starring alongside Robbie in the Cathy Yan-directed film.
Via Deadline, Mary Elizabeth Winstead will play Huntress, with Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary. The site details the characters…
“Black Canary aka Dinah Lance is a street fighter known for her shrieking cry. Huntress has taken different forms in the DC Universe, though in the WB series Birds of Prey, she was the daughter of Batman, who disappeared after the death of her mother, Catwoman. The Huntress in this series worked with Oracle and Black Canary’s daughter as the primary crimefighters in Gotham City. In the movie, Huntress is a former mafia princess, who like Batman, saw her family killed at a young age, hence why she became a vigilante. Buzz is that Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl isn’t in the feature; she appeared in the WB early aughts series.”
Cassandra Cain and Renee Montoya, not yet cast, will also be in the film.
Christina Hodson is working on the script. Robbie is also producing.
Birds of Prey has been dated for February 7, 2020.
