The footage doesn’t reveal their most iconic attributes, namely Sionis’ mask and Zsasz’s tally mark scars. The Montoya in Birds of Prey will likely be a suicidal alcoholic who finds her calling with the Birds of Prey, and as the silhouette shot suggests, perhaps a new identity as the faceless Question.Īnd finally we have the villains, McGregor’s Roman Sionis aka Black Mask, and Messina’s Zsasz.

In the comics Montoya struggled with alcoholism before finding renewed purpose as The Question. One of the interesting things to note is that the footage shows us a silhouette of Montoya downing a bottle, and another shot of her holding a gun with the barrel pointed towards her head. Perez’s Rene Montoya becomes costumed detective The Question in the comics, but here it seems she’ll begin as a police detective like she started out as in the comics. The final member of the Birds of Prey is Rene Montoya, a character who, like Harley Quinn, made her first appearance in Batman: The Animated Series. Superpowered or not, Black Canary is sure to kick as much ass as her comic book counterpart.

In the comics, Laurel Lance has a sonic “canary cry,” but other iterations of the character have removed this power and focused solely on her martial arts skills or given her a canary cry by way of a technological enhancement. One thing that’s not clear yet is whether or not Black Canary will be a metahuman. We see several shots in the first look footage of Black Canary holding a microphone, suggesting a similar angle. Smollet-Bell’s Black Canary looks is directly inspired by her redesign by writer Brendan Fletcher and artist Annie Wu, who reimagined the character as a crime-fighting rock star. If her look is any indication, we expect Huntress to be the most deadly member of the Birds of Prey, and perhaps even more unpredictable than Harley Quinn when it comes to how far she’ll go. In the comics, Batman often found himself in contention with Huntress due to her penchant for ultraviolence, drive for revenge and unfocused anger. There’s a homemade vigilante aspect to Huntress’ look, one that suggests she’s not yet part of the Bat-family and has only recently begun her work as a crossbow-wielding hero. She’s also wearing a chain as a shoulder belt, which is as great a sign of a tough exterior as anything. Winstead’s Huntress is rocking combat boots and black military attire with a cut-off midriff that evokes her purple, white and black comic book costume. In the comics, Birds of Prey began with Huntress and Black Canary, and those two characters may be the most anticipated of the film’s introductions. Harley Quinn definitely looks to be the most flashy character in the Birds of Prey crew. We also see her sporting her mallet and bat from Suicide Squad. Sporting shorter hair and frilled sleeves that appear to be made in part from caution tape, Harley Quinn isn’t sporting a comic book costume but one that still speaks directly to the character’s wild sensibilities and newfound freedom following her breakup with the Joker. The Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad was very much inspired by Debbie Harry, and Birds of Prey’s Harley appears to be drawing inspiration from another ’80s pop star: Cyndi Lauper. There were rumors that Birds of Prey would jettison Harley’s tattoos and look from Suicide Squad in an attempt to distance itself from that film’s poor critical reception, but Yan and Robbie appear to have found a balance in incorporating what worked in Ayer’s film and making it their own. While we’re still a while away from seeing how these actors will inhabit these comic book icons, the looks shown off in this footage give us some indication of what we can expect from their characterizations. Yan, while seemingly employing a bit more subtlety in some of the costume choices, looks to have employed a fashion identity for these characters that doesn’t remove them from the world of Suicide Squad.

Regardless of the criticism Suicide Squad faced in regards to its aesthetic, it’s a look that gave the film a strong visual identity, and highlighted both the comic book source material along with punk and contemporary hip-hop fashion. While David Ayer’s Suicide Squad received a sizable amount of criticism for its grungy, Hot Topic look, Yan’s Birds of Prey isn’t entirely divorced from that look while simultaneously creating its own ’80s music video sensibilities and what appears to be a range of costume changes. The first look at Birds of Prey presents these characters not as superheroes and supervillains, but as rock stars. One of the biggest takeaways from the Birds of Prey footage is the aesthetic. 'Barbie' Trailer Teases an Existential Doll Crisis Alongside New Dua Lipa Single

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