Birds of Prey is the eighth installment in the DC Extended Universe. It was directed by Cathy Yan and written by Christina Hodson. It stars Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina, Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong, and Ewan McGregor. The movie was released in cinemas worldwide on 7 February 2020, with a worldwide gross of $201 million.
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Birds of Prey is the eighth installment in the DC Extended Universe. It was directed by Cathy Yan and written by Christina Hodson. It stars Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina, Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong, and Ewan McGregor. The film had its world premiere in Mexico City on January 25, 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States in IMAX, Dolby Cinema, ScreenX and 4DX on February 7, 2020. It grossed USD 201 million worldwide, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of 2020 but falling short of its widely reported break even point of USD 250–300 million. It is the second DCEU film and the third DC Films production to be rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America, following Joker. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics for its visual style, Yan’s direction, and Robbie’s performance, but criticism towards Hodson’s screenplay. It has been described as the “most anticipated superhero film of the year” by some critics. The movie was released in cinemas worldwide on 7 February 2020, with a worldwide gross of $201 million. The cast and crew were confirmed by December 2018, and principal photography lasted from January to April 2019 in Downtown Los Angeles, parts of the Arts District, Los Angeles and soundstages at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. The plot follows Harley Quinn, after breaking up with the Joker, joining forces with Helena Bertinelli, Dinah Lance, and Renee Montoya to save Cassandra Cain from Gotham City crime lord Roman Sionis, forming the Birds ofprey altogether.
In the film, Harley is taken in by Doc, the owner of a Taiwanese restaurant, and recovers from her relationship by cutting her hair, adopting a spotted hyena, and taking up roller derby. Helena has been trained as an assassin, becoming the moniker of “The Huntress” and targeting gangsters responsible for her family’s murders, preferring to target each of the gangsters each time. A devastated Cassandra dons his black mask from his ritual, which he gets from his nickname, “Black Huntress”, and reveals that he sold Harley out to the Joker in exchange for his protection, agreeing to meet at an abandoned amusement park. After escaping, Harley and Cassandra bond out at Doc’s apartment, hiding out at Helena’s apartment while the former is revealed to be the former Huntress. The pair escape, but Cassandra is later killed by a crossbow-wielding killer, who calls himself “The Black Huntress”. The film was announced in May 2016, with Hodson being hired to write the script that November, followed by Yan signing on to direct in April 2018. The majority of the cast and Crew were confirmed for the film by September 2018. It will be released in theaters on February 7, 2020, and it is the third DCEu film to have been rated R.
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