New Year? New Harley. Miss Quinn is back on the big screen this February, just in time for Valentine’s Day, with the first big superhero movie release of 2020 inBirds of Prey. Margot Robbie is reprising her role as the Cupid of Crime since she was first introduced in the DC Films' action adventureSuicide Squad. To Celebrate the upcoming release, which is less than two months away, Harley and her flock have wished everyone a very happy New Year.
Birds of Preywill be the first superhero movie out of the gate from either DC Comics or Marvel Studios, and it promises to be a big hit. IMDb hails it as themost anticipated movie of 2020, though a second poll from Fandango putWonder Woman 1984in that top spot. However this all shakes out, it will be a very good year for DC Films.
The full title is quite the mouthful, with Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn hinting that our little gnarly cupid is kicking Mr. J to the curb. Yes,Joker and Harley break upin the opening moments of this R-Rated romp, sending Quinn on a journey of self-discovery that will include a lot of swear words, ass kicking and cheeseburgers.
We can all look forward to a “Fantabulous New Year” as promised byHarley Quinn. Appearing alongside her for the first time in a DC Comics movie are Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary, Ella Jay Basco as Cassandra Cain, Ewan McGregor as the villain Black Mask, Chris Messina as Victor Zsasz and Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya. Ali Wong, Robert Catrini, Steven Williams and Derek Wilson are rounding out this A-list ensemble of excellence.
Birds of Preyis coming from director Cathy Yan, who directed the movieDead Pigs, making her a perfect match here, as it was often noted that Jared Leto sent one of his co-stars a dead boar during shooting of Margot Robbie’sSuicide Squad. Though that’s probably here nor there. As noted, while we’ll see a silhouette of Leto’s Joker, the actor didn’t actually return to set to shoot any scenes, with the Clown Prince only dropping in for a mere ‘in the shadows’ cameo. Christina Hodson, who gave us theTransformersspin-offBumblebee, wrote the screenplay.
TheBirds of Preycome directly from the pages of DC Comics, a mostly all-girl superhero team who have previously appeared in their own short-lived live-action TV show that aired on The WB from 2002-2003.Birds of Prey(and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is set to be released in theaters on June 19, 2025. This trailer teaser comes direct fromDC UHD Twitter.
