6 Things The Birds Of Prey Movie Must Do

5. Don’t Make It All About Harley

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While making the most of McGregor is a priority, so is avoiding this making a Harley Quinn solo flick. They could have produced a movie with that brief and sold well, but they’ve opted not to. With that in mind, they need to avoid the obvious temptation of making it all about the popular jester.

She was definitely the breakout star of Suicide Squad, but perhaps one of the reasons it failed to capture audiences the way Avengers did was a lack of dynamic. With a smaller group this time around, they need to squeeze every ounce of likeability out of the trio. That won’t be possible if it’s Harley Quinn plus two others.

Making Harley the Beyoncé and leaving the other two in the shadows would needlessly clutter the movie. You have to imagine the decision to revive the Birds Of Prey IP wasn’t taken because of a lack of trust in Robbie on her own; she (not quite single handedly) carried Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman did away with the myth that woman can’t lead superhero movies. Surely they know for it to click it’ll need chemistry between Harley, Huntress and Black Canary.

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