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He had them killed trying to get the diamond. Montoya returns and reveals that Sionis was the true mastermind behind the Bertinellis's massacre. Zsasz arrives and tranquilizes Harley before holding Dinah at gunpoint, but he is killed by Helena, who reveals he was the last of her family's killers. A devastated Sionis dons his ritualistic mask from which he gets his nickname, 'Black Mask'.Īt the park, Montoya confronts Harley, but is kicked out of a window. Dinah notifies Montoya of the rendezvous, but her betrayal is noticed by Zsasz, who informs Sionis.

Harley calls Sionis and offers to turn her over in exchange for his protection, agreeing to meet at an abandoned amusement park. Harley's place is later bombed by criminals looking for Cassandra, and Doc admits that he sold Harley out. Having survived her family's massacre and becoming trained as an assassin, Helena has been targeting each of the gangsters responsible for her family's murders, preferring the moniker 'Huntress'. Doc is approached for information by the 'crossbow killer', who is revealed to be Helena Bertinelli. While hiding out at Harley's apartment, they bond. Breaking into the GCPD with a grenade gun filled with paint and sparkle bullets, Harley frees Cassandra and the pair escape. Sionis sends Harley to recover the diamond for him, under the threat of death, and also places a bounty on Cassandra. Harley, fleeing from Montoya and several others, is captured by Sionis' men. Young pickpocket Cassandra 'Cass' Cain steals the diamond from Zsasz and swallows it after she is arrested. Sionis sends Dinah and his sadistic right-hand-man Victor Zsasz to retrieve a diamond embedded with the account numbers to the fortune of the Bertinelli crime family, who were massacred years ago. She tries to recruit Dinah as an informant, but she rejects the offer, as the GCPD wasn't there to prevent her mother's death.

#Birds of prey joker series

Meanwhile, GCPD Detective Renee Montoya investigates a series of mob killings carried out by a crossbow-wielding vigilante. When everyone finds out she is not under the Joker's protection anymore, Harley starts getting attacked by every criminal that had previously held a grudge against her. The next night, Harley gets drunk again, and overhearing some of her drinking buddies debating over whether she has actually broken up with the Joker, blows up the Ace Chemicals plant to publicly announce their breakup. Impressed by Dinah's fighting skills, Sionis appoints her as his new driver. She meets burlesque singer Dinah Lance, who later rescues an intoxicated Harley from an attempted abduction.

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Harley gets drunk at a nightclub owned by ruthless crime lord Roman Sionis, and cripples his driver after he insults her. She is taken in by Doc, the owner of a Taiwanese restaurant, and recovers from her relationship by cutting her hair, adopting a spotted hyena, and taking up roller derby. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics.įour years after the defeat of the Enchantress, the Joker breaks up with Harley Quinn, throwing her out on the Gotham City streets. It grossed $205.3 million worldwide, falling short of its reported break-even point of $250–300 million. The film had its world premiere in Mexico City on January 25, 2020, and was released in the United States in IMAX, Dolby Cinema, ScreenX and 4DX on February 7, 2020. Additional filming took place in September 2019. Principal photography lasted from January to April 2019 in Downtown Los Angeles, parts of the Los Angeles Arts District, and soundstages at Warner Bros. The majority of the cast and crew were confirmed by December 2018. The film was announced in May 2016, with Hodson being hired to write the script that November, followed by Yan signing on to direct in April 2018. Robbie, who also served as producer, pitched the idea for Birds of Prey to Warner Bros. The film follows Harley Quinn, who, after breaking up with the Joker, is threatened by Gotham City crime lord Roman Sionis, and joins forces with Helena Bertinelli, Dinah Lance and Renee Montoya (who go on to form the Birds of Prey) to save Cassandra Cain. It stars Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn alongside Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina, Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong, and Ewan McGregor. Entertainment, it is the eighth installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), and serves as a spin-off and sequel to Suicide Squad (2016).

Produced by Warner Bros., DC Films, Luck圜hap Entertainment, Clubhouse Pictures, and Kroll & Co. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), also known as Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey or simply Birds of Prey, is a 2020 American superhero film directed by Cathy Yan and written by Christina Hodson, based on the DC Comics team, the Birds of Prey.