#Black canary birds of prey 2011 movie#

Originally the girlfriend of a police detective who becomes a vigilante (disguising herself with a blond wig) to help out her beau, she would become more and more independent and powerful in subsequent appearances when her love interest was killed in a 1969 storyline, the Canary crossed between parallel Earths for a new start by joining the Justice League of America, gaining superpowers - a sonic scream she calls the “canary cry” - in the process. One of DC’s longest-serving female heroes, Black Canary debuted in 1947’s Flash Comics No. Quite how the two will relate onscreen remains unclear. There is, curiously enough, no direct connection between the comic book incarnation of the Birds of Prey and Harley Quinn, although both belong to the Batman mythos indirectly, and have been considered female-centric properties by DC fans. A number of additional heroes have drifted in and out of the group since then - predominantly female, although there have been male Birds - with the center of the team being, traditionally, Black Canary and Barbara Gordon, the latter either in her Batgirl or Oracle personas. The Birds were originally a two-piece that first showed up in 1995’s Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey No. The Birds of Prey are a relatively recent addition to DC canon - at least in the sense of the fact that many of the characters date back more than half a century. Here’s the backstories to the characters to be played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jurnee Smollett-Bell.

#Black canary birds of prey 2011 movie#

With the news that 2020’s Birds of Prey movie has cast its Birds to star alongside Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, audiences unfamiliar with the intricacies of DC comic book continuity might be wondering just who Black Canary and the Huntress actually are, and what they have to do with the Birds of Prey and Harley Quinn.