It’s a bit hard to keep track of which DC Comics film is real, fake, in development, orpossibly starring Tommy Wiseauthese days, but when it comes toBirds of Prey, it’s official: theMargot Robbie-led Gotham City tale will premiere July 20, 2025,THRreports.Cathy Yan(Dead Pigs) is set to direct the script fromChristina Hodson(Bumblebee), with Warner Bros. eyeing an early 2019 start to production.
The studio is hard at work filling out the team of ass-kickers who will fight crime alongside Robbie’s Harley Quinn.Jurnee Smollett-Bell(Underground) andGugu Mbatha-Raw(The Cloverfield Paradox)—along with singer/songwriter Janelle Monae, who had a stand-out role in the Oscar-winningMoonlight—are all reportedly in the running to play Black Canary. For Huntress,10 Cloverfield LanestarMary Elizabeth-Winstead,The Leftovers’Margaret Qualley, andCristin Milioti, the lead inBlack Mirror’s Emmy-winning “U.S.S. Callister, have all tested for the role. Finally, Warner Bros. is reportedly eyeingOne Day at a TimestarJustina MachadoandThe DeuceactressRoberta Colindrezfor Gotham City detective Renee Montoya.
Filling out the team is the character Cassandra Cain, DC Comics' fourth Batgirl, who will apparently be 12-years-old in Hodson’s script.The Wrapalso reported that Roman Sionis, better known as the skeletal crime lord Black Mask, will be the film’s antagonist.
Back in May, Robbie—who is a producer on the film—described her vision forBirds of Preyas an R-rated ensemble:
“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. 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.
For more on the DC spinoff,check out the links below:
‘Birds of Prey’: Here Are the Actresses Testing for Roles in the DC Film
Black Mask Will Be the Villain of Warner Bros.’ ‘Birds of Prey’
Joker & Harley Quinn Writers Describe the Movie as ‘Bad Santa’ Mixed with ‘This Is Us’
The Harley Quinn Spinoff Might Be an “R-Rated Girl Gang Film,” Says Margot Robbie
Cathy Yan Likely to Direct Margot Robbie in Harley Quinn Spinoff ‘Birds of Prey’
