'Black Canary' Movie in the Works at HBO Max From Misha Green; Jurnee Smollett to Rep

[ben6543]

A Black Canary movie from writer Misha Green is in early development at HBO Max, sources tell Collider, though the exciting news was first reported by Cinelinx.

Jurnee Smollett will reprise her role as Dinah Lance, aka Black Canary, who was first introduced in last year's Birds of Prey movie. The character was depicted as a burlesque singer who rescues Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn from an attempted abduction and later becomes the driver for crime lord Roman Sionis (Ewan McGregor). She eventually betrays Roman and reveals her metahuman ability of supersonic-level screaming.

Sue Kroll will produce the Black Canary movie under her Kroll & Co. Entertainment banner, having also produced Birds of Prey. It's unclear whether Green will direct the Black Canary film as well, or merely write the script, but either way, the project is a long ways off, as Green has several other projects in the works that she must tend to first.




HBO Max is developing several DC superhero movies, including Batgirl and Blue Beetle, and as Collider first reported, the streaming service is also developing a Black Superman series with producer Michael B. Jordan.

Green is writing and producing Jennifer Lopez's upcoming action-thriller The Mother for Netflix, and she's also attached to direct Tomb Raider 2 for MGM. As for Smollett, she'll soon be seen in a pair of Netflix movies -- Escape From Spiderhead with Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller, and the Bad Robot-produced Lou, which pairs her with Allison Janney. CAA and attorney Nina Shaw represent both Green and Smollett, who is also repped by Management 360.

https://collider.com/black-canary-mo...t-misha-green/

[ben6543]

[Chedwiggen]

I liked her in BoP so I'll definitely give a watch.

[dallywhitty]

I'm pleased (I thought Birds of Prey was great. h8ers gun h8), but at the same time, I hope this isn't another indication that the writer/director of Tomb Raider II is favouring another project. We already lost Ben Wheatley.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by Chedwiggen

I liked her in BoP so I'll definitely give a watch.

Same!

[drb999]

I liked her in BoP too so this is welcome news.

[residentgrigo]

I already tagged @jurneesmollett with the most important question on Twitter. The classic meme can now come back. The cult will love it.


About this project. Sure why not but why is HBO Max a dumping ground for POC projects? Ok, I know why but come on. Let's see if it will get made too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misha_Green

[ben6543]

I would love to see Charlie Hunnam as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow he would be perfect for that

[shane01]

Isn’t this technically SnyderVerse? The SnyderHeads should enthusiastically support this project to encourage more DCEU Max Originals!

[Zillamon51]

I quite enjoyed BoP, so I'm down for this.

Originally Posted by shane01

Isn’t this technically SnyderVerse? The SnyderHeads should enthusiastically support this project to encourage more DCEU Max Originals!

Only in the sense that anything in DCEU continuity is "Snyderverse," since his films laid the foundation for that universe, and compromise the majority of "phase one." By that reasoning, Shazam! and The Suicide Squad are "Snyderverse."

[SteelbookCat]

Birds of Prey and Black Widow were the best two superhero movies within the last 2 years. This is very exciting.

[CreasyBear]

Nice. She was great in BoP and the movie kicked ass.

[Elgie]

I still hope she and MEW come back for that Batgirl movie / tv show (forgot which)

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Yaaaaaas! Best part of BOP besides Harley.

[drb999]

Now do a Huntress movie.

[Chedwiggen]

Originally Posted by drb999

Now do a Huntress movie.

Well they're doing Black Canary and Batgirl movies so I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up doing a Huntress movie too and then eventually bring them together in a new Birds of Prey movie.

[terp_fan99]

Birds of Prey was a flop and she looks NOTHING like Black Canary. Hard pass.

[Markgway]

I spent the entirety of Birds of Prey convinced Black Canary was played by Jennifer Hudson.

[buck135]

Originally Posted by terp_fan99

Birds of Prey was a flop and she looks NOTHING like Black Canary. Hard pass.

I didn't love Birds of Prey, but Jurnee Smollett was magnificent as Black Canary.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by terp_fan99

Birds of Prey was a flop

BOP at least made back twice its budget before its Asia release was cut short due to the pandemic. TSS won't even get that far.

If BOP is considered a "flop" then TSS is a box-office disaster of catastrophic proportions.