Margot Robbie's "Birds Of Prey" (DC) Official Thread

[jay211]

I like a R rated Birds of Prey. Could be a big hit.

 

[Norrin Radd]

'Birds of Prey' to Reportedly Start Production in 2019 With All-Female Crew

Amid all of the rumors of separate DC Films projects involving Harley Quinn, a frontrunner has since appeared and could begin filming soon.

The Birds of Prey movie could begin filming in 2019, according to a report from Heroic Hollywood, and the production is also looking to hire an all-female crew.

Development on Birds of Prey has been moving swiftly, and the project seems to be at the top of star Margot Robbie's wishlist for the direction of Harley Quinn on the big screen, as she told Collider last week.

"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 said. "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 movie will unite Harley with Bat-family character Batgirl, whose own movie hit a snag after Joss Whedon abandoned the project. The other characters in the movie have yet to be decided, though stalwarts from the Birds of Preycomics including Huntress and Black Canary seem to be on the table.

Cathy Yan was recently hired to make the film, and Robbie spoke about the director's importance to the vision and message of Birds of Prey.

"And then, of course, having a female director to tell that story. And giving a female director the chance to do big budget stuff," Robbie said. "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."

The other Harley-related projects, including the Joker-featuring "Mad Love" movie and David Ayer's Gotham City Sirens, all seem to be on the back burner now, and plans for a Suicide Squad sequel seem to have been delayed.

There's no word yet on when Birds of Prey could hit theaters, but with a 2019 production start date, we could be watching it in 2020.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Exclusive: Margot Robbie confirms January production start for Birds of Prey, will have "much smaller budget" than other DC movies

R rated

 

[Still FloW]

Exclusive: Margot Robbie confirms January production start for Birds of Prey, will have "much smaller budget" than other DC movies

R rated

its lit

 

[Norrin Radd]

Margot Robbie is looking to cast diverse 'Birds of Prey' leads, confirms Harley Quinn will have a new costume (exclusive)

Margot Robbie worked hard to get Cathy Yan as director for Birds of Prey, which marked the first time a non-white, female filmmaker had been hired to direct a DC movie.

Now the Harley Quinn actress has confirmed to Yahoo Movies, during an interview about her new movie Terminal, that she will be putting just as much effort into ensuring her co-leads are just as diverse.

“Yep, yes exactly, real life isn’t so one specific image,” Robbie said. “We’ve got to reflect that onscreen.”

Birds of Prey is a DC Comics series that is centred around an everchanging line-up of female heroes, villains, and antiheroes.

“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.”

It’s unclear exactly which ones will appear in the live-action film but it’s likely Batgirl/Barbara Gordon will as she is getting her own solo movie. There’s potential for Suicide Squad’s Katana (Karen Fukuhara) as she has also appeared in the line-up of this comic book series.

Robbie also confirmed to Yahoo Movies that Harley Quinn will have a completely new look, but couldn’t reveal any details about the new costume.

“No, honestly [it’s] because the costumes haven’t been designed yet but yes she’ll have new looks,” the actress confirmed. “There will be new Halloween costumes out there, one day.”

 

[reigun]

I wonder if this will really make it to screens with an R rating, especially when you consider how popular Harley is among young girls and that they want to launch a Batgirl movie out of this. Might be a situation where they aim for an R, but it gets toned down during editing to a "hard PG-13."

January filming means we should start getting casting news this year. I eagerly await the tears of white fanboys when they cast a Black or Latina woman as the Huntress. Or when they put Katana on the squad despite her not being an OG Bird of Prey because "muh canon! "

 

[richaveli83]

I would rather have Flash, Green Lantern Corps, or MAN OF STEEL 2 start production in January. I wonder who the vixens will be? Maybe we can get Vixen in this.

 

[reigun]

Said white fanboys are already fuming cause Margot said "diverse."

The lead up to this one gon be a shyt show.

I would rather have Flash, Green Lantern Corps, or MAN OF STEEL 2 start production in January. I wonder who the vixens will be? Maybe we can get Vixen in this.

Flash will probably start production right behind this one, if the aim is still to have it out in 2020.

My guess for the team in this one would be Batgirl, Black Canary, Huntress (played by a Black and/or Latina woman) and Katana. I don't think Harley is going to be on the team - just in the movie.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Said white fanboys are already fuming cause Margot said "diverse."

They are in the comments section every site where this article was mentioned whining about "forced diversity" and crying that they aren't racist a$$holes but just want the characters on the screen to "look like they do in the comics".

I hope WB makes the movie Birds of Prey team be Harley with Vixen (black), Katana (asian), and Hawkgirl (latina) and let the racist fanboys heads explode.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

They are in the comments section every site where this article was mentioned whining about "forced diversity" and crying that they aren't racist a$$holes but just want the characters on the screen to "look like they do in the comics".

I hope WB makes the movie Birds of Prey team be Harley with Vixen (black), Katana (asian), and Hawkgirl (latina) and let the racist fanboys heads explode.

That would be dope.

I think a big part of suicide squad box office success was how diverse the cast was.

It’s amazing how many studios haven’t realized the gold mine that is having diverse casts and just continue to pump out all white casts with a token here and there.

 

[FlyRy]

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[Dominic Brehetto]

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[Norrin Radd]

They are in the comments section every site where this article was mentioned whining about "forced diversity" and crying that they aren't racist a$$holes but just want the characters on the screen to "look like they do in the comics".

I hope WB makes the movie Birds of Prey team be Harley with Vixen (black), Katana (asian), and Hawkgirl (latina) and let the racist fanboys heads explode.

Good

 

[Brandeezy]

Huntress is already black though, at least the New 52 version. I can see Babs being half-black or latina though

Cacs will be furious

I saw some fool already mad talking about "If I played NBA 2K and everyone was different skin colors than their real life counter part I would be mad"

what?

Comics are fiction and their characters are race swapped all the time. No one gives af lol

 

[reigun]

They are in the comments section every site where this article was mentioned whining about "forced diversity" and crying that they aren't racist a$$holes but just want the characters on the screen to "look like they do in the comics".

I hope WB makes the movie Birds of Prey team be Harley with Vixen (black), Katana (asian), and Hawkgirl (latina) and let the racist fanboys heads explode.

The saddest part is how you can tell these cats have never had an original thought in their lives and just parrot the same shyt they've heard from youtube videos or forum posts. Tell me if you've heard these before:

"All this SJW forced diversity is ruining everything!"
"So why not just hire the best person for the job instead of worrying about race?"
"But if they changed (insert actual PoC, usually MLK) to white, it would be wrong."
"How about you focus on the script rather than quotas?"
"We fans just want things to be like the comics. It's not about race."

You can practically time a watch to when certain posts are going to show up. If I can go on a tangent real quick, it's why discussing a lot of this nerd shyt online is so boring now. People are just repeating the same stupid shyt ad nauseum because they truly believe if they whine loud enough, these companies are actually going to listen to them.