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

[Autbot_Benz]

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/

[IMJ]

Jurnee Smollett is beauuuuttiiffuullll, OMG. Beautiful and a really good actress - she was great in Lovecraft Country. And she's probably very smart considering she's navigated a young career well enough to be widely recognizable already.

But Barbara Gordon is white and I won't give a dime to woke $#!(.

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by IMJ

Jurnee Smollett is beauuuuttiiffuullll, OMG. Beautiful and a really good actress - she was great in Lovecraft Country. And she's probably very smart considering she's navigated a young career well enough to be widely recognizable already.

But Barbara Gordon is white and I won't give a dime to woke $#!(.

you mean Black Canary is white that is who Jurnee is playing

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

you mean Black Canary is white that is who Jurnee is playing

Oh ya her.... exactly.
Whatever. Just without woke $#!(.

Now put Jurnee Smollet in a role without race swapping? I'm in.

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by IMJ

Oh ya her.... exactly.
Whatever. Just without woke $#!(.

Now put Jurnee Smollet in a role without race swapping? I'm in.

agreed all the woke BOP fans are eating this **** up. But dare tweet not my black canary and you get eaten alive

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by IMJ

Oh ya her.... exactly.
Whatever. Just without woke $#!(.

It is becoming very easy to get lost in this sea of wokeness and "diversity."

[Andrew NDB]

Still in the works. Somehow.

https://movieweb.com/black-canary-fi...box=1660120562

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Still in the works. Somehow.

https://movieweb.com/black-canary-fi...box=1660120562

I was really hoping Zaslav would cancel Fake Black Canary

[Xav]

They canceled Batgirl but kept this?

[Andrew NDB]

There is always the off chance they learned from their mistakes and this is pretty solid, pretty comic accurate or at least in the right vein.