DC Films Developing 'Black Canary' Movie With Jurnee Smollett

6 hours ago, kILLMonger said:

I'll keep saying it...y'all the reason why we can't have nice stuff.

Yep. I was really hoping I wouldn't have to, but this thread is locked.

Suit: Oh noooooo! Harley Quinn bailed on us! Did anyone have a back up plan?

Peon: Yeah, uh.....how bout Black Canary?

Suit: Who?

Peon: Y'know, that other ladythat was okay in Birds of Prey: The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn.

Suit: Wha...? You mean the Harley Quinn movie?

Peon: Errr....yes sir.

Suit: Eh, I wouldn't know. I never saw it.

Peon: Me either, but I hear she wasn't the worste, and you know she's the sister of that one guy from Empire.

Suite: Oh, yeah! He was pretty good as Rhodie...y'know, before he thought he was the star and asked for way too muchmoney.

Peon: No, no, not that one, the other one.

Suit: Oooooh, the soap opera guy? Yeah, he's alright, I guess.

Peon: Wha..no the other guy. Yknow, the guy that did that thing outside the Subway.....with the rope....and the bleach.

Suit: Yesssss. That guy!Great performance. And he's got all thestreet cred we need. Let's go with that guy.

Peon: No, I was talking about his sister.

Suit:Oh, yeah, she's okay too. Let's go with her. Now I gotta go, I'm late to my Bat-Cow movie pitch meeting?

Peon: Wait, what? You actually have to pitch that stuff?

Suit: Naaaaaaah....we just sit around and get hammered and tell each other how rich andawesome we are.

Peon: Aaaahhh, yes. Yes, you are VERY rich, sir.

Suit: You mean rich and awesome. Right?!

Peon: Yes, yes, of course, sir.......I hate my life.

Speak for yourself my dude. Don't watch it and move on.

But thanks for proving my point. A superhero movie full of white folks isn't always a key to a guaranteed smash. Elektra sucked all kinds of hard and it was littered with "non identity politics" entities.

Misha Green is a stellar director. Jurnee Smollet is a stellar actress. Already right there the foundation is set for a potentially good flick.

Meanwhile...you can binge watch Challenge of the Superfriends/JLU if that's your cup of tea and you want people to look a certain way. No one is stopping you.

No doubt another "Elektra" situation. They have a release quota to filland a contractually obligated actress.

Boom! Movie no one really wants.

18 minutes ago, memocromatico said:

BoP bombed at the box office because it released just as COVID was striking, I didnt see it because of it. Then it came after the hot mess of Suicide Squad, which certainly was a roadblock for this one. BoP was way better than SS, not as good as The Suicide Squad, but fun. Really fun. I dont understand the hate it gets. Its almost as if they didnt see it or something.

The movie stands/falls on its own merits. On the whole it was a good vehicle to Harley and really let her shine (seeing as she was one of the bright spots in SS...Waller and Deadshot being the other two). Was it a quirky flick; sure...yet I walked away feeling it was it was a Harley comic bought to life.

I can deal with valid criticisms of something if it has merits. There is none of that here. Jurnee Smollet did a wonderful job as Black Canary. She has the star power to carry a film (I am quite confident these naysayers haven't seen her in LoveCraft Country or any other films she's been in) and it'd be great to see her back as BC especially with Misha Green at the helm...hell even have Huntress show up and I'll be happy.

What we are seeing here is thinly disguised bigotryfor a character because she's Black. Full stop. That's it. There is nothing more to it. And if they get ether back for their $#!tty opinionsthey cry.

BoP bombed at the box office because it released just as COVID was striking, I didnt see it because of it. Then it came after the hot mess of Suicide Squad, which certainly was a roadblock for this one. BoP was way better than SS, not as good as The Suicide Squad, but fun. Really fun. I dont understand the hate it gets. Its almost as if they didnt see it or something.

7 hours ago, mako said:

Give the identity politics a rest

Not even a week cango by smh. Hopefully mods will address people and their "identity politics" bs comments.Just say you don't want a film with a Black chick and take the ether you rightly deserve for your bigoted mentality. It's 2021...y'all need to stop.

4 hours ago, elongatedman said:

YES shewas the best part of Birds of Prey. So glad someone out there is listening to fans.

I'll get behind this as well!! Smith was probably one of the best things about BoP.

Salty people: JLU is out on DVD/Blu Ray...

Back issues never went anywhere.

Get you fix there.

15 hours ago, hainrs said:

since any black Superman movie will bomb spectacularly.

You sure about that my dude? You can see the future? I would propose that for every salty person not going to see a "Black Superman" there may be others will. Story and other factors will dictate the merits of the flick, not the ethnicity of the cast. Unless you are suggesting every ytsuperhero flick was spectacular (they dang sure aren't...and I can prove it with two words: Fantastic Four). Don't get lumped in with those people my dude. I will call you out.

Not a one of you can present a valid well thought out reason why Smith's Black Canary,a nonwhite Supes, Naomi, or any other POC movewon't work..other than y'all bothered that the person is not yt. The hatrix is real.

I'll keep saying it...y'all the reason why we can't have nice stuff. Give it a rest.

What?.... Movie for Who???? =^)

7 hours ago, wundarwarrior said:

Make a Superman sequel, make a new Batfleck movie...

Stop trying to make movies for niche markets.

YES!!! This EXACTLY!!!

Give the identity politics a rest, just concentrate on making a really good movie.