With a lot of unrest going on in the DCU, who is failing to keep up with the MCU in seemingly every way possible, is looking to lean on its women characters for stability. Hollywoodreporter.com is confirming exciting new for fans of “Suicide Squad” anti-heroine Harley Quinn.
The DC film will open Feb. 7, 2020, the studio announced Monday. Margot Robbie will reprise her Suicide Squad role as Harley Quinn, with Cathy Yan directing. The female-centered team-up movie will screen in Imax.
Warner Bros. has been testing actresses to star opposite Robbie as Black Canary and Huntress. A Wrinkle in Time‘s Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Underground‘s Jurnee Smolett-Bell and Hidden Figures star Janelle Monae are among those in the running to play Black Canary, sources told The Hollywood Reporter last week. For the role of Huntress, stars in contention include The Leftovers‘ Margaret Qualley, 10 Cloverfield Lane‘s Mary Elizabeth Winstead and How I Met Your Mother‘s Cristin Milioti. The studio is also casting for detective Renee Montoya as well as Cassandra Cain.
Many fans are looking for the DCU to have the consistency with movies to rival Marvel’s legendary on going run, but unfortunately we will have to wait until 2020 to see if DC can deliver. Flip below to see Twitters mixed reaction to the news.