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Margot Robbie officially signs on for Harley Quinn spin-off movie

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It had been rumoured for sometime but The Hollywood Reporter are confirming that Margot Robbie has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Warner Bros. along with her other two projects, which will include a Harley Quinn spin-off movie. The Australian actor has cultivated a good relationship with the studio having starred in Focus, The Legend of Tarzan […]

Harley Quinn’s court jester costume was created for Suicide Squad

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Back in March, Margot Robbie revealed that Harley Quinn’s iconic jester outfit was considered for Suicide Squad, and now costume designer Kate Hawley has confirmed to CBR that they actually created the costume for the movie, and we may yet see it in the film. “The jester suit has an amazing, powerful quality to it,” states […]

Second Opinion – Suicide Squad (2016)

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Suicide Squad, 2016. Directed by David Ayer. Starring Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Cara Delevingne, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jay Hernandez, Adam Beach, Jim Parrack, Ben Affleck, Karen Fukuhara, Common, Ike Barinholtz and Scott Eastwood SYNOPSIS: A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in […]

Margot Robbie says Suicide Squad’s Harley Quinn is “creepy, violent and crazy”

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DC fan favourite Harley Quinn is set to make her big screen debut this August, with Australian actress Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) taking on the role for Warner Bros.’ DC supervillain ensemble Suicide Squad. During an interview with Cineplex, Robbie spoke briefly about her character, stating that: “Harley is creepy, violent, crazy […]

Paul Dini shares his thoughts on Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad

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Almost quarter of a century after her first appearance in the Batman: The Animated Series episode ‘Joker’s Favor’, Harley Quinn will make her big screen debut as part of Warner’s big DC supervillain ensemble Suicide Squad, which hits cinemas next year. Back in May, DC Animated Universe legend Bruce Timm shared his thoughts on Margot […]

Margot Robbie on losing out on Sue Storm in Fantastic Four, and Jared Leto’s Joker

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Next year Margot Robbie is set to give a big screen debut to the fan favourite DC character Harley Quinn in Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad, and speaking to Daily News, the Australian actress has revealed that she had previously been under consideration to play Susan Storm in 20th Century Fox’s box office bomb Fantastic Four […]

Reboot, Reset, Mulligan, Ad Nauseam: The Ever-Increasing Frequency of Reboots

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the ever-increasing frequency of reboots… This won’t come as any surprise but the notion of the reboot, remake, or whatever you call it is nothing new. We’ve all seen three live action Spider-Man incarnations in just 10 years from Tobey Maguire’s final fling, through Andrew Garfield, to Tom Holland who is […]

Why Birds of Prey looks like the comic book film to watch in 2020

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Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to Birds of Prey and why it’s the most eye-catching comic book film of 2020 at the moment… 2020 is in its infancy and the blockbuster bombardment is due to start shortly. In a year that will see more Marvel adventures (in the beginnings of a new phase, which opens with […]

Why Margot Robbie is better than Pirates of the Caribbean

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Margot Robbie’s decision to set sail with a Pirates of the Caribbean spinoff and why it could lead her down a disappointing path… In the wake of a pandemic shut down throughout the world, the film industry took a major hit. Big theatrical releases pushed back, and film productions delayed. Even […]

Babylon featurette welcomes you to the depraved world of Damien Chazelle’s Hollywood epic

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Paramount Pictures are giving you a peek behind the curtain at the extreme depravity, debauchery and excess of Damien Chazelle’s Babylon with a new behind-the-scenes featurette. Starring an impressive ensemble of Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, P.J. Byrne, Lukas Haas, Olivia Hamilton, Tobey Maguire, Max Minghella, Rory […]