Birds of Prey
hoot of Prey ( And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)star Mary Elizabeth Winstead say that the movie is " genuinely funny and eldritch , " and that it feel like a throwback to the ' 90s . Winstead plays Helena Bartinelli a.k.a . Huntress , a lethal assassin who makes up one third of the vigilante teamBirds of Prey- along withJurnee Smollett - Bell ’s Black Canaryand Rosie Perez ’s Renee Montoya . Margot Robbie , who is reprise her role as Harley Quinn fromSuicide Squad , has said thatshe is n’t really a phallus of the squad . Knowing Harley , she ’s more likely to be a fantastic card .
Winstead first shot to renown playing Ramona Flowers inScott Pilgrim vs. the World , and more recently star in the critically - herald thriller10 Cloverfield Lane . She has an upcoming role in the sci - fi movieGemini Man , in which Will Smith plays a hitman who is being hunted by a younger clone of himself , but next class she ’ll make her DC debut inBirds of Prey .
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talk toThe New York Times(viaCinema Blend ) , Winstead describedGemini ManandBirds of Preyas " paries - to - wall , back - to - back action motion-picture show , " but said that she has a fate more to do inBirds of Preythan she does inGemini Man :
" Birds of Prey was the next level up . In Gemini Man I ’m a D.I.A. [ Defense Intelligence Agency ] agent who ’s been employ to keep an eye on Will Smith , but in shuttle of Prey I play this assassin who ’s been trained since childhood . It ’s all women and genuinely funny and weird . It feel from the ’ 90 , in the good style . "
snort of Preyis the 2d DC Extended Universe to have a female music director , withDead Pigsfilmmaker Cathy Yan taking the helm as her first great - budget feature pic . The movie was write by Christina Hodson , who also wrote the screenplay for the critically - acclaim Transformers spinoffBumblebee . So far the only thing we ’ve seen from the film isa brief teaserthat present the main cast of theatrical role in costume - include Ella Jay Basco as vernal Cassandra Cain , and villainsBlack Mask ( Ewan McGregor)and Victor Zsasz ( Chris Messina ) .
With a little - known filmmaker behind the camera , we really do n’t know what to ask fromBirds of Prey , but Winstead said in the interview that she had a lot of fun making it . The book of facts to the ' 90s suggests that it might have an old schooltime girl power vibration redolent ofBuffy the Vampire Slayeror the Spice Girls - which could actually make for an amazing accession to DC motion picture canyon if done right .
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informant : The New York Times(viaCinema Blend )
