Having filled the key role of young Cassandra Cain last week, Warner Bros., DC Films and director Cathy Yan have all the main players in place for the DC girl gang movie Birds of Prey ready to kick off production early in the New Year.
During an interview with Bionic Buzz, actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead – who is set to take on the role of Helena Bertinelli, a.k.a. the Huntress – has been chatting about the film, as well as confirming that cameras are set to start rolling in January.
“It’s sort of a spinoff of Suicide Squad. It kind of follows Harley Quinn, which is Margot Robbie’s character from those films, and this sort of girl gang that she puts together. I play Huntress, and we’ve got Black Canary, played by Jurnee Smollett-Bell, and Rosie Perez and Ewan McGregor. It’s a really fun, fun cast. We haven’t started shooting yet, but we start shooting in January, and I can’t wait.”
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Cathy Yan (Dead Pigs) is directing Birds of Prey from a script by Christina Hodson (Bumblebee) with Margot Robbie reprising her Suicide Squad role as Harley Quinn alongside Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Fargo) as The Huntress, Jurnee Smolett-Bell (Underground) as Black Canary, Rosie Perez (Fearless) as Renee Montoya, Elle Jay Basco (Grey’s Anatomy) as Cassandra Cain and Ewan McGregor (Christopher Robin) as Black Mask.
Birds of Prey is set for release on February 7th 2020.
