Margot Robbie Joker Movie

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After the 2016 box office hit Suicide Squad ended with Jared Leto's Joker busting his girlfriend Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) out of prison, viewers might have expected to see the duo together in future DC movies. There were even rumors that Warner Bros. was in final negotiations to make a Joker and Harley spin-off back in 2017.

But in Cathy Yan's upcoming film Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), the couple has broken up, and the Clown Prince of Crime is nowhere to be found. Instead, the story focuses on Harley's newfound alliance with a group of female superheroes, including Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez), and Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco).

The Joker Harley Quinn Movie Sounds Dumb As Hell

At a Birds of Prey press event last week, Robbie said that she pitched a Harley girl gang movie while she was still shooting Suicide Squad, and that Leto's absence was intentional.

It was either going to be a complete Harley and Joker story or Joker has got to be out of the picture, the actress said at the event. I really wanted to see Harley in a girl gang and I felt there was a huge gap in the market for a girl gang ensemble action film. I felt like no one was doing that and I couldn't understand why, especially a comic book movie.

With Joker out of the picture, Birds of Prey brought in a new villain — Ewan McGregor's Black Mask, aka Gotham crime lord Roman Sionis, who violently targets each of the main women.

Margot Robbie Is Down For A Harley Quinn And Joker Movie

Each of them has such a personal reason why they don't like him and why he doesn't like them, screenwriter Christina Hodson, who was also in attendance at the press event, said. That natural kind of antagonism with each of them feels personal and grounded rather than feeling like, 'I'm going to blow up the world, ' big Machiavellian-like mustache-twirling. And that felt so right in this world.

Elsewhere, Jared Leto has moved from the DC Extended Universe to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and is playing a vampire in this summer's Spider-Man spin-off Morbius. A separate version of The Joker has also made headlines thanks to Todd Philip's Joker, which serves as a gritty origin story for the character. The film received 11 Oscar nominations, including best picture and best performance by an actor for Joaquin Phoenix.

At a Birds of Prey press event last week, Robbie said that she pitched a Harley girl gang movie while she was still shooting Suicide Squad, and that Leto's absence was intentional.

It was either going to be a complete Harley and Joker story or Joker has got to be out of the picture, the actress said at the event. I really wanted to see Harley in a girl gang and I felt there was a huge gap in the market for a girl gang ensemble action film. I felt like no one was doing that and I couldn't understand why, especially a comic book movie.

With Joker out of the picture, Birds of Prey brought in a new villain — Ewan McGregor's Black Mask, aka Gotham crime lord Roman Sionis, who violently targets each of the main women.

Margot Robbie Is Down For A Harley Quinn And Joker Movie

Each of them has such a personal reason why they don't like him and why he doesn't like them, screenwriter Christina Hodson, who was also in attendance at the press event, said. That natural kind of antagonism with each of them feels personal and grounded rather than feeling like, 'I'm going to blow up the world, ' big Machiavellian-like mustache-twirling. And that felt so right in this world.

Elsewhere, Jared Leto has moved from the DC Extended Universe to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and is playing a vampire in this summer's Spider-Man spin-off Morbius. A separate version of The Joker has also made headlines thanks to Todd Philip's Joker, which serves as a gritty origin story for the character. The film received 11 Oscar nominations, including best picture and best performance by an actor for Joaquin Phoenix.

At a Birds of Prey press event last week, Robbie said that she pitched a Harley girl gang movie while she was still shooting Suicide Squad, and that Leto's absence was intentional.

It was either going to be a complete Harley and Joker story or Joker has got to be out of the picture, the actress said at the event. I really wanted to see Harley in a girl gang and I felt there was a huge gap in the market for a girl gang ensemble action film. I felt like no one was doing that and I couldn't understand why, especially a comic book movie.

With Joker out of the picture, Birds of Prey brought in a new villain — Ewan McGregor's Black Mask, aka Gotham crime lord Roman Sionis, who violently targets each of the main women.

Margot Robbie Is Down For A Harley Quinn And Joker Movie

Each of them has such a personal reason why they don't like him and why he doesn't like them, screenwriter Christina Hodson, who was also in attendance at the press event, said. That natural kind of antagonism with each of them feels personal and grounded rather than feeling like, 'I'm going to blow up the world, ' big Machiavellian-like mustache-twirling. And that felt so right in this world.

Elsewhere, Jared Leto has moved from the DC Extended Universe to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and is playing a vampire in this summer's Spider-Man spin-off Morbius. A separate version of The Joker has also made headlines thanks to Todd Philip's Joker, which serves as a gritty origin story for the character. The film received 11 Oscar nominations, including best picture and best performance by an actor for Joaquin Phoenix.