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Birds of Prey‘s bat-swinging girl is still planning to step up to the plate for HBO Max.

In the wake of Warner Bros. Discovery abruptly pulling the plug on the nearly complete, Leslie Grace-starring Batgirl movie, a spokesperson for Warner Bros. Pictures confirms for TVLine that the Black Canary standalone movie that was first announced a year ago remains in development at the streamer.

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Oliver Queen may have headlined one of the most important and influential TV shows of the modern era, one that launched an entire shared universe to firmly establish The CW as the home of small screen superhero content, but the Green Arrow has never been given the opportunity to star in his own feature film.

The closest the expert archer ever came was when David S. Goyer was developing Escape From Super Max, a prison break thriller set in the DC Universe that would have seen Green Arrow forced to flee a high security prison populated by familiar villains after being framed for a murder he didn’t commit.

There’ve been plenty of rumors over the years that the character was being considered for the Dceu, of course, with Charlie Hunnam regularly linked with the role, and we’ve now heard from our sources – the same ones that told...

DC Comics has an endless line of iconic heroines and one of them is Black Canary who has played many roles during her existence. While it’s mostly the Dinah Laurel Lance version that carries the title, she has gone from being Green Arrow’s ultimate partner/lover to being a key member of the Justice League as well as one of the founders of the Birds of Prey. Outside of the comics, Black Canary has been portrayed multiple times on screen, both in animation and live-action. In recent years, Arrow has been the home of multiple Black Canaries while the Dceu just introduced Jurnee Smollett as the cinematic version of Dinah Lance.

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The Arrowverse has had an odd journey with the heroine as the title has been used by several people. By the end of the Green Arrow drama,...

Tenet recently arrived in theaters offering a possible lifeline to the movie industry after months of a near-total shut down of movie theaters in the U.S., as well as throughout much of the world. Unfortunately, things haven't panned out to the degree that Warner Bros. and theater owners probably would have liked. While Christopher Nolan's latest has earned the heftiest box office total we've seen in months, the movie has failed to save the industry and live up to the lofty expectations that were placed upon it. Now comes a simple yet difficult question to answer; what happens now?

As anyone who enjoys movies is surely aware, theaters were shut down in mid-March in the U.S. in the interest of public health. That led to most big movies that were on deck for 2020 to either shift to much later in the year, or move to potentially greener pastures in 2021. Yet,...

“Lovecraft Country” marks the second time Jurnee Smollett and creator Misha Green have worked together, extending their creative relationship from two seasons on Wgn’s historical drama “Underground” to HBO’s buzzy horror series, based on the novel of the same name by Matt Ruff. The show is executive produced by Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams.

But it’s the possibility of a third collaboration that has comic fans buzzing: could Smollett reprise her role as Black Canary in DC Films’ “Birds of Prey” in a Green-helmed project?

Smollett laughs, saying those conversations are above her pay grade. “It’s no secret how much I love Black Canary. It’s a dream, character and was a dream to play her,” she tells Variety. “If [the] dynamics fell in the right way, I would absolutely do it in a heartbeat, and Lord knows, I follow Misha wherever she leads me.”

Green adds...

The GLAAD Media Awards winners were announced on Thursday, with “Booksmart” and “Pose” taking home the top honors.

The winners were announced in a virtual ceremony hosted by comedians Fortune Feimster and Gina Yashere. The event streamed on GLAAD’s Facebook and YouTube accounts, with a taped version set to air on Logo on Monday. Performers included Chloe x Halle, Shea Diamond and Ben Platt.

Among the winners highlighted on the stream were “Old Town Road” singer Lil Nas X, who took home the award for Outstanding Music Artist; the cast and producers of “Pose” and “Schitt’s Creek,” which won the top awards for drama and comedy series, respectively; “Booksmart,” which won Outstanding Film – Wide Release; and Rachel Maddow, who received the award for Outstanding TV Journalism Segment for her one-on-one interview with Pete Buttigieg.

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During the ceremony,...

Over the course of the last two decades, Shane Carruth has made two movies, and it remains unclear whether he’ll make another one. Last fall, while promoting his performance in “The Dead Center,” the “Primer” and “Upstream Color” director said that he was finished with filmmaking after he finished up one more project. The reclusive sci-fi director may be serious, but in the meantime, he’s finding a way to pass the torch. As executive producer on “The Wanting Mare,” the distinctive fantasy-drama that marks the directorial debut of Nicholas Ashe Batemen, Carruth is lending his name to raise the profile of a filmmaker who — like Carruth himself with his two movies — has crafted an otherworldly vision on his own terms.

The movie unfolds across decades, as several generations of women in a dark, dystopian world grapple with the same dream of a magical age that predates their existence.

Akihiko Shiota – attended Rikkyo University, where he was in a film club with other students such as Makoto Shinozaki and Shinji Aoyama and began making 8mm films in the tradition of other Rikkyo students like Kiyoshi Kurosawa. His independent films were recognized at Pia Film Festival and he began writing film criticism and working as an assistant for Kurosawa and other filmmakers. He also studied scriptwriting under Atsushi Yamatoya and worked as the cinematographer for films by Takayoshi Yamaguchi. His films ‘Moonlight Whispers’ and ‘Don’t Look Back’, both released in 1999 earned Shiota the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. ‘Don’t Look Back’ won also the Jury Prize at the Three Continents Festival. ‘Harmful Insect‘ (2002) was screened at the Venice Film Festival and earned two more awards at the Three Continents Festival. His first major commercial film ‘Yomigaeri’ was the fourth biggest grossing Japanese film in 2003. ‘Canary’ (2005) inspired by the...

Back in January, Arrow wrapped up for good after eight seasons, with Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen meeting a heroic end. However, the saga of the Emerald Archer doesn’t stop there. The show’s penultimate episode was “Green Arrow & the Canaries,” a backdoor pilot for a spinoff of the same name focusing on Kat McNamara’s Mia as she takes on her father’s mantle in a futuristic Star City.

To date, the series has yet to officially be given the greenlight, so fans are anxiously awaiting some news on that front. Legends of Tomorrow star and Arrow veteran, Caity Lotz, remains positive about Green Arrow‘s chances, though, and hopes that she’ll be able to cross over to the spinoff so that White Canary can team up with the Black Canaries.

Speaking at a press event earlier this year, Lotz was asked whether she’d be interested...

Before seeing DC's Birds of Prey, I rewatched Greta Gerwig's Little Women a second time. Unsurprisingly, these two cinematic experiences were as different as night and day, one a vulgar rainbow confetti fever dream and the other a cozy, understated hug of a period piece. But revisiting Little Women deepened my appreciation for Birds of Prey, helping me unearth the profound message beneath the latter's raunch and violence: Harley Quinn's solo movie radically paints a picture of female rage and provides a catharsis that women in comic book films don't often get.

In Little Women, Marmee March (Laura Dern) explains to Jo (Saoirse Ronan) that she is angry nearly every day of her life. But she's learned to control her anger, not allowing it to get to her. Marmee's response isn't exclusive to the experiences of Civil War wives. Women still have many legitimate reasons to be angry today.

Ever since she stole the show in Suicide Squad, Margot Robbie seems like she’s fully immersed herself into the role of Harley Quinn. Her ever-developing love of this character, led to her actually pitching an adult-aimed, all-female, ensemble action film, inspired by Jordan B. Garfinkel and Chuck Dixon’s “Birds of Prey” comic books, to Warner Brothers. This pitch became Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn and the dedication that has gone into creating Cathy Yan’s film was most certainly worth it!

Released to great reviews, Birds of Prey has sadly underperformed (though has made back its budget already worldwide) compared to industry expectations, which has recently led to a Warner Brothers-approved title change to “Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey”. Whatever title you prefer, Birds of Prey is a joy from start to finish. The film sees Harley (Robbie) break up with The Joker,...

Written by Various | Art by Various | Published by DC Comics

When you have read as many comics down the years as me, literally in the tens of thousands, you’ve pretty much seen it all. Quirky indie books? Check. Blockbuster multi-title crossovers? Check. Inter-company books? Check. Monthly books published on time? Che….er, well I’ve nearly seen it all. Point is, when you see something a little different it does tend to catch your eye. DC’s Crimes of Passion, echoing those old lurid EC Comics books, certainly caught my eye. Essentially, it’s DC’s attempt at a Valentine’s Day Special, and why not. Actually, it is ten attempts at telling a decent Valentine’s Day story, as there are ten short stories in total, all with different characters and creative teams. Will we get lucky this Valentine’s? Let’s take a look.

Obviously 80 pages and...

Batman himself might not be in it, but the Dark Knight’s stomping ground is filled out in Birds of Prey as we meet a bunch of additional vigilantes operating in Gotham City. Among them is Dinah Lance Aka Black Canary, played by Jurnee Smollett-Bell. The heroine actually turned out to be much closer to her comic book counterpart than we were expecting in the movie, complete with her metahuman Canary Cry. And, as revealed in one scene, a superhero mom.

Dinah begins the film as the singer at Black Mask’s club, but she’s soon promoted to the position of driver/enforcer for the crime boss due to her combat skills. This puts her in the sights of detective Renee Montoya, who asks her to work as a mole for her. Dinah is reluctant, though, as her mother previously worked with the cops. We learn through this conversation that Dinah Sr.

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Caption: (L-r) Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya, Ella Jay Basco as Cassandra Cain and Jurnee Smollett-bell as Black Canary in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn),” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

By Marc Butterfield

Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn) tells the tale of Harley Quinn’s break up with The Joker, and how she comes to work alongside four other female characters to take down a common enemy, The Black Mask.

As a long-time fan of DC Comics, I’d say that director Cathy Yan kept the characters pretty close to their comic roots; Harley has gone from villain to anti-hero, Huntress’ origin is spot on, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead has her portrayal nailed,...

Rosie Knight Feb 8, 2020

The Birds of Prey ending shows an evolution for Harley Quinn, and sets up future adventures with Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya.

This article contains nothing but Birds of Prey spoilers. We have a spoiler-free review right here.

We can't get enough of the badass women of Birds of Prey! Now that you've seen Harley Quinn and her girl gang take down the baddies of Gotham it's time to break down the end of the movie and work out what it all means for the future of the Birds of Prey and the Dceu going forward.

The Death of Black Mask

Despite being named after the Birds of Prey comic series, this film is really about Harley Quinn finding herself after a nasty breakup with the Joker. The infamous villainess has long been defined by her relationship and without it she's at a loss. Does she...

With Joker cleaning up in Best Actor wins for Joaquin Phoenix, DC and Warner Bros. are about to pivot to another iconic character -- who would probably be inclined to tell Mistah Jay where he could shove all those fancy awards. Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn heads into a post-Joker world with Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, which brings a slew of fan-favorite comic characters to the screen and sees the Suicide Squad standout make some unlikely alliances with Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco) …...

Harley Quinn’s getting a team together in Birds of Prey, with Margot Robbie’s anti-heroine uniting with Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez). Their mission? To stop Roman Sionis Aka Black Mask, a Gotham City crime boss, from getting his hands on young thief Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco), who’s managed to get caught in his crosshairs.

From what we’ve seen of him so far in the trailers, Black Mask looks to be a scene-stealing, flamboyant bad guy, maybe the sort you love to hate. Star Ewan McGregor, though, is keen to press that there’s a real nastiness and darkness to him that shouldn’t be overlooked. While speaking with Nerdist, the Scottish actor talked about how he views Sionis as a complete “control freak,” which is why someone as “uncontrollable” as Harley causes him so much havoc.

“I...

Legends of Tomorrow season 5 comes out of the gate incredibly strong with an amazing episode.

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Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 1

Well that was incredible.

I stopped being defensive about how much I love Legends of Tomorrow sometime towards the end of the second season. A little before the show stopped being defensive about how much fun it was, now that I think about it. And once that happened, it settled into a nice rhythm of having stupid amounts of fun on screen, moving whatever ridiculous plot the season set up along, and getting us into its characters’ heads and making us love them. There would be the occasional turd, but it would always rebound quickly. The show thrived on parallel tracks: gleefully throwing the craziest plot shit it could at us, and digging down deep into intensely lovable misfits.

GLAAD has announced the nominees for the 31st GLAAD Media Awards, honoring Lgbtq representation in film, television, news and entertainment in 2019.

Netflix received the most nominations of any network with 15 nominees, followed by HBO with eight and ABC, CBS and NBC each with four. New streaming services Apple+ and Disney+ earned their first ever nominations with Dickinson and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, respectively.

“There are more nominees for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards than ever before not only because Lgbtq diversity and inclusion has progressed, but...

A sprawling and diverse amount of fictional and real life Lgbtq narratives are represented in the nominees for the 31st annual GLAAD Media Awards, announced by the legacy watchdog group on Wednesday.

A total of 176 nominations were awarded in categories from outstanding wide release movie, to newspaper article, to kids and family programming — a record number of contenders thanks to increased representation in film, streaming television, unscripted projects and news.

Variety was nominated for outstanding magazine overall coverage, in a year that marked its first ever Power of Pride issue and subsequent celebration in New York. Others in the category include Advocate, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, and Out. The awards have also reinstated a category for best Broadway production, whose nominees for 2019 include “The Inheritance,” “Slave Play,” and “Jagged Little Pill.”

“The GLAAD Awards this year not only celebrate new Lgbtq stories that educate, entertain, and affect positive cultural change, but...

Come get your Q on! The 12th Annual QFest St. Louis, presented by Cinema St. Louis,runs April 28-May 2, 2019, at the Tivoli Theatre.The St. Louis-based Lgbtq film festival, QFest will present an eclectic slate of 28 films. The participating filmmakers represent a wide variety of voices in contemporary queer world cinema. The mission of the film festival is to use the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of Lgbtq people and to celebrate queer culture.

The fest is especially pleased to host the St. Louis premieres of two bio-docs: “Halston,” about the renowned fashion designer, and “Making Montgomery Clift,” about the legendary anti-Hollywood film star. The documentary “TransGeek,” which is about transgender people who are gamers, programmers, and video-game designers, has many local connections, including director, producers, and interview subjects. Several international narrative features receive their St. Louis premieres, including the lush biopic “Vita & Virginia,” about...

The 21st annual Boston Underground Film Festival will take place from March 20th–24th. Buff's lineup for this year aims to provide festival-goers with five days of extraordinary films, including Hail Satan?, The Unthinkable, Canary, and many more. Also in today's Horror Highlights: a trailer and poster for both Blood Craft and Division 19.

Boston Underground Film Festival Lineup Revealed: "New England cinephiles! Spring festival season kicks off in two weeks when the 21st annual Boston Underground Film Festival returns to Harvard Square, bringing with it a five-day film frenzy to the Brattle Theatre and Harvard Film Archive from March 20th through the 24th. This year’s program includes a fierce and fresh collection of transgressive, unholy, and unthinkable underground cinema, along with a few outsider-odyssic festival favorites from near and far (in space and time)!

Buff marks the occasion of its decadent and debaucherous 2-1 with the number...

Joy Williams finds comfort in the familiar with the poignant video for “Front Porch,” the title cut from her forthcoming solo album. The clip, directed by the sister and brother team of Alexa and Stephen Kinigopoulos, captures sweet and simple moments in the lives of an interracial couple, while also hinting at the challenges they face from others around them.

“When I think of a front porch, I think of welcoming and being welcomed – shoes off, no pretense, no rush, nothing to prove,” says Williams, whose role in the clip...

When Joy Williams sat down to work on material for her new album, she had a bit of an epiphany. “I remember saying, whatever this project is, if I can’t play it on a front porch, it’s probably not for me,” Williams told Rolling Stone this past April. With the assistance of producer Kenneth Pattengale of the Milk Carton Kids and engineer Matt Ross-Spang, Williams made an album, aptly titled Front Porch (due May 3rd on Sensibility/Thirty Tigers), that could be just that — music carried by primarily acoustic instruments and her ethereal,...

South African film premiered at Inside Out Toronto Lgbt Film Festival.

Breaking Glass has acquired the South Africa-set coming-of-age Lgbt musical drama Canary (Kanarie) starring Schalk Bezuidenhout.

Set in 1985 in the midst of apartheid, the film follows Johan, whose love for Boy George and Depeche Mode lands him a place in the South African Defence Force’s Choir known as the ‘Canaries’.

During a nationwide tour to promote the military effort against the white leadership’s perceived enemies, Johan finds love on the battlefield and is forced to confront his long-repressed sexuality.

Christiaan Olwagen directed the Marche Media production from...

Joy Williams will undertake a U.S. tour in February in support of her upcoming album Front Porch. While no release date has been set for the LP, she has shared the tracks “Canary” and “The Trouble With Wanting,” and this week unveiled a live cover of a Nineties gem: Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence.”

The track off Depeche Mode’s 1990 LP Violator has become a favorite of Williams, who has been performing it as an encore at her concerts. Here, in a recording she’s billed as “Live...

Ahead of her forthcoming solo album, singer-songwriter Joy Williams has announced a series of headlining tour dates set to get underway in February.

The ex-Civil Wars member will launch the trek February 25th with a show at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, with dates scheduled through early May. Stops along the way include the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California; the Bowery Ballroom in New York; and a pair of shows May 3rd and 4th at Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley to wrap things up. Anthony da Costa will support on most dates.

Lauren Alaina’s Nineties nostalgia, Joy Williams’ call to action and Tim McGraw’s U2-evoking power anthem are among the must-hear songs this week.

Lauren Jenkins, “Give Up the Ghost”

Lauren Jenkins is frustrated with her man, who’s seemingly unable to forget the former flame who kept him warm before Jenkins’ arrival. “Two of us is one too many,” she sings during this song’s driving, meteoric chorus, urging her beau to “give up and the ghost [and] hold on to me.” Dressed up like an anthemic pop-rock song,...