Black Canary movie in preparation for HBO Max by writer Misha Green

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A Black canary writer’s movie Misha Green is in development at HBO Max, according to sources at Collider, although the exciting news was first reported by Cinelinx.

Jurnee Smollett will reprise her role as Dinah Lance aka Black Canary, which was first featured last year Birds of prey movie. The character was portrayed as a burlesque singer who saves Margot RobbieHarley Quinn from an attempted kidnapping and later becomes the driver of crime lord Roman Sionis (Ewan McGregor). She ultimately betrays Roman and reveals her metahuman ability to scream on a supersonic level.

Sue kroll will produce the Black canary film under its Kroll & Co. Entertainment banner, having also produced Birds of prey. It is not known if Green will lead the Black canary also film, or just write the script, but the project is far away anyway, as Green has several other projects going on that she needs to deal with first.

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Green and Smollett have previously indicated that they would like to further explore the character of Black Canary while pushing for their HBO series. Lovecraft Country, which was abruptly canceled after one season.

HBO Max is developing several DC superhero movies, including Bat girl featuring Leslie Grace and Blue beetle, featuring Xolo Maridueña. Meanwhile, as Collider first reported, the streaming service is also developing a Black Superman series with the producer. Michael B. Jordan.

Green writes and produces Jennifer lopezthe upcoming action thriller The mother for Netflix, and she’s also keen to direct Tomb raider 2 for MGM. As for Smollett, she will soon be seen in two Netflix films – Escape Spiderhead with Chris Hemsworth and Miles teller, and the Bad Robot produces Lou, which associates it with Allison janney. CAA and lawyer Nina Shaw represent both Green and Smollett, which is also replaced by Management 360.

Representatives for HBO Max did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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Jeff Sneider is Senior Film Reporter at Collider, where he presents film and TV news and hosts the Up-and-Comer of the Month column in addition to hosting the podcast The Sneider Cut and the awards-themed series For Your Consideration. with Scott Mantz and Perri Nemiroff. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Jeff began his career at Ain’t It Cool News before moving to Los Angeles to write for Variety and later, TheWrap and Mashable. Jeff was also editor-in-chief of The Tracking Board and contributed to the MTV Movies blog, Hollywood Life magazine, Washington Square News, and the Colorado Springs Independent. His Oscar selections appeared on the LA Times’ Envelope site, and he agrees with screenwriter William Goldman who said of Hollywood, “nobody knows anything.” Jeff is originally from Needham, Massachusetts and has never had a salad. He can be found on Twitter, Instagram, Cameo, and Blogspot by searching for his pen name @TheInSneider.