We all know what a mess the DCEU has been, especially after Justice League did not do as well as expected. One future film which was in dangers of being shelved again was Batgirl after Joss Whedon left the project. But Warner Bros. is still committed to going forward with not only a Batgirl film, but a Harley Quinn and Birds of Prey film as well.
Thanks to Variety film reporter Justin Kroll’s twitter we have quite a bit of information about the status of some of these films, most of which we have covered already. But for the sake of you all being perfectly informed, let’s walk through it all before we get to the actual news of this piece. According to Kroll, Whedon’s replacement Christina Hodson “blew execs away with her script”, causing the studio to push off production of Suicide Squad 2 to do Bird of Prey first. The Suicide Squad sequel had been reportedly going to start filming sometime this year.
BREAKING: Cathy Yan tapped to direct BIRDS OF PREY, the next Harley Quinn pic which will shoot at the end of the year. WB pic this as the next pic after Christina Hodson blew execs away with her script
— Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) April 17, 2018
The thought behind this move according to Krull is that the Studio wants to do for Batgirl what Marvel Studios did for Black Panther. Meaning that they want to introduce her to the DCEU before giving her a solo title. But that it won’t necessarily slow down Suicide Squad 2 which will apparently start shooting right after Birds of Prey.
Also hearing slight possibility of SQUAD shooting almost immediately after the BIRDS OF PREY shoot
— Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) April 19, 2018
As for SUICIDE SQUAD 2, clearly moving out of 2018 shoot. The move to go with BOP not only had a lot to do with Hodson's script but also the idea of doing with BATGIRL what Marvel did with Black Panther in CIVIL WAR by introducing them into universe before giving them own film
— Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) April 17, 2018
Since Warner Bros. brought in Cathy Yan to direct Birds of Prey Kroll also says that there are two versions of the Birds of Prey script. But that they both contain Harley Quinn and Barbara Gordon, with the remaining character being different. This idea is fine since the Birds of Prey have had a history of having a revolving door of characters on the team.
Couple of BIRDS OF PREY tidbits I've learned since the Cathy has come on as director. There are two versions of script, only constant is Harley and Barbara Gordon in both. remaining characters different in both scripts.
— Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) April 19, 2018
It will be interesting to see how much of this is true. We will have to give it some time as details come out. As a DC Comics fan I would love to see more characters from the DC Universe on the big screen.
What are your thoughts on the idea of a Birds of Prey film to introduce Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl? Let us know in the comment section below!
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Source: Justin Kroll