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TheBirds of Preymovie just might become the DCEU ’s first gas constant - rated theatrical liberation . After launching the DC Comics - based moving-picture show world in 2016 , with Zack Snyder’sBatman V Superman : Dawn of Justice , Warner Bros. quick got the ball rolling on expanding the DCEU with David Ayer’sSuicide Squadthat summer , starring Will Smith as Deadshot and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn , who were both members of Amanda Waller ’s Task Force X.
In nastiness of having an Brobdingnagian amount of hype surrounding the film , Suicide Squadbecame an unmitigated critical failure , yet it still grapple to become an astonishing box seat office success ( without releasing in China , too ) . Not only did it show that major mirthful book movies focus on villains could solve , but it also convinced the studio to keep Harley Quinn around for the retentive catch . So , they ’ve commissionedfour Harley Quinn - relate projects , of which only one seems to be actively strike ahead : Birds of Prey . The eternal rest may never happen ( as is customary in Hollywood ) , but at least the one labor that is agitate forward is one that is near and near to Margot Robbie , who ’s actually responsible for for get it this far .
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In an consultation withColliderfor her latest film , Terminal , Margot Robbie let out that she had pitched a Harley Quinn spinoff moving-picture show - one based on theBirds of Preycomics - that is now being rewritten by Christina Hodson anddirected by Cathy Yan . While she need the moving-picture show to focus on Harley and her friend , one gunpoint of contention was that the picture show be rate R.
“ I flip the idea of an roentgen - rated girl crew film including Harley , because I was like , ‘ Harley need friends . ’ Harley loves interact with people , so do n’t ever make her do a standalone film . She ’s got to be with other people , it should be a lady friend gang . I was n’t seeing enough girl gang on screen , specially in the action outer space . So that was always a big part of it . "
Since there ’s only one Harley Quinn , it remains to be seen which Harley - focus movie will enter production first : Birds of PreyorSuicide Squad 2 . Considering thatBirds of Preyseems to be moving swimmingly behind the scene and does n’t demand juggling as many schedule around , it ’s possible that that motion-picture show could shoot first , which may in reality be an vantage in the long - footrace .
One of the chief complaints of 2016’sSuicide Squadfilm was that it was PG-13 when it clearly should ’ve been rated R. IfBirds of Preyreleases as an R - rat movie and is successful , then that might pave the way forSuicide Squad 2to also be rated R. But we ’ll just have to hold off and see what happens on that front . Overall , while Harley ’s immediate futurity in the DCEU remains unclear , whatisclear is that Warner Bros. is n’t letting go of the character anytime soon - and Robbie seems to be holding on tightly as well .
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