Birds of Prey Cast Guide: All DC Characters Explained
Who's in Birds of Prey, and where have you seen the performers before? Here's a complete cast and character guide for the DCEU's first R-rated film.
Birds of Prey (2020)
Birds of Prey takes place after the original Suicide Squad film and shines the spotlight on Harley Quinn. After being dumped by The Joker, Harley Quinn finds herself on the road to recovery through various comical and destructive (but not to herself) means. Following a stolen diamond and a young pickpocket that has won her over, Quinn is forced to join forces with three vigilante female superheroes - Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya to save a little girl's life from the crime lord Roman Sionis, AKA the Black Mask.
Birds of Prey
- Director
- Cathy Yan
- Release Date
- February 7, 2020
- Studio(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures , DC Films , LuckyChap Entertainment , Clubhouse Pictures , Kroll & Co. Entertainment
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Cast
- Jurnee Smollett-Bell , Matthew Willig , Bojana Novakovic , Ali Wong , Ewan McGregor , Charlene Amoia , Margot Robbie , Rosie Perez , Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Chris Messina
- Writers
- Christina Hodson
- Runtime
- 109 minutes
- Franchise(s)
- DC Extended Universe
- prequel(s)
- Suicide Squad
- Budget
- $97.1 million
- Producer
- Bryan Unkeless, Margot Robbie, Sue Kroll
- Sfx Supervisor
- Jedediah Smith, Brendan Seals, Fernando Zorrilla, Thrain Shadbolt, Greg Steele, Kenneth Au, Kevin Souls
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Summary
Birds of Prey takes place after the original Suicide Squad film and shines the spotlight on Harley Quinn. After being dumped by The Joker, Harley Quinn finds herself on the road to recovery through various comical and destructive (but not to herself) means. Following a stolen diamond and a young pickpocket that has won her over, Quinn is forced to join forces with three vigilante female superheroes - Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya to save a little girl's life from the crime lord Roman Sionis, AKA the Black Mask.
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