


Robbie, in particular, has been a fan favorite for her portrayal of the villainous psychopath whose only apparent superpower is her penchant for destruction and mayhem. Although the film didn't perform well at the box office, The Suicide Squad was well-loved by both audiences and critics alike. Robbie most recently starred as Harley Quinn in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad. This includes Margot Robbie, who revealed in an interview with ET Online that she's open to working with Grace's Batgirl. Simmons, who is rumored to reprise his role as Barbara's father and Gotham Police Department's commissioner, James Gordon.Īfter turning heads in her feature film debut with 2021's In the Heights, several other DC stars have expressed their support for the newcomer. The 26-year-old actress will reportedly be joined by J.K. Leslie Grace secured the role of Barbara Gordon for Batgirl last July after beating out the likes of Isabela Merced and Haley Lu Richardson for the role. Is Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn going to appear in the Batgirl movie? In the meantime, you can play as Batgirl in Injustice: Gods Among Us and have her square up against Harley Quinn in the game. Now, the most recent report includes the movie's lead star, Leslie Grace, lobbying for a chance to crossover with Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn. With the upcoming superhero film confirmed to air on HBO Max, details have slowly emerged in recent months. Leslie Grace isn't expected to make her film debut as Batgirl until at least 2022. At the moment, Christina Hodson (Birds of Prey and Bumblebee) is confirmed to be on board as the movie's writer with Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah ( Bad Boys for Life) set to direct the film. Since then, the project has shuffled people in and out. However, it wasn't until 2017 that development started. has flirted with the idea of a solo movie outing for DC's Batgirl for a while already.
BIRDS OF PREY MOVIE CAST BATGIRL FULL
For a full rundown of upcoming DC Films projects and their various statuses, click here.Warner Bros. Production is set to get underway on Birds of Prey soon in anticipation of the film’s Februrelease date. This is a wonderfully diverse cast thus far, and it’s all the more exciting knowing that the film is being crafted with an R-rating in mind. So we can reasonably assume that previous iteration of Suicide Squad 2 would have found the squad protecting someone important.īasco is a true newcomer with only single episodes of shows like Veep and Grey’s Anatomy under her belt, but she’s in line with what director Cathy Yan was looking for in the character-a teen/pre-teen of Asian descent. When James Gunn signed on to write Suicide Squad 2 from scratch (essentially rebooting the property), it was revealed that previous director Gavin O’Connor left Suicide Squad 2 when he discovered the story he pitched was too similar to the one being used for Birds of Prey. In Birds of Prey, the story finds the aforementioned female characters teaming up to protect Cain when she comes across a diamond that belongs to Black Mask, who is a kingpin in Gotham City’s criminal underworld. is developing a Batgirl movie, it’s unclear if that film would also star Basco as the moniker has been filled by different characters over the years.Ĭlay Enos/ & © DC Comics Courtesy Warner Bros. At some point down the road she befriends Bruce Wayne and becomes Batgirl, and while Warner Bros. Per Variety, newcomer Ella Jay Basco will fill the role of Cain, who in the comics is the daughter of a pair of assassins and is deprived of speech and human contact as a child as part of her assassin training. And now the character of Cassandra Cain-who in the comics goes on to become Batgirl-has been cast. The film has amassed an impressive ensemble thus far that includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary, and Rosie Perez as Gotham City Police detective Renee Montoya, with Ewan McGregor recently signing on to play the villain Black Mask. The Harley Quinn spinoff at DC Films was spurred by actress/producer Margot Robbie, and it’ll find her Suicide Squad character teaming up with a group of other female DC characters for a new superhero adventure. The Birds of Prey movie has cast a key role.
