Birds Of Prey has found his Cassandra Cain

With Wonder Woman 1984 having been repelled, the next DC extended universe to follow Shazam! is now Birds of prey. In comics, the traditional range of birds of prey includes Black Canary, Huntress and Batgirl. The first two heroines have already confirmed their presence in the film. Even if Barbara Gordon will not appear, another Batgirl comics will appear, while the newcomer Ella Jay Basco is about to play Cassandra Cain.

Rather than being a teenager / young adult as she is in comics, Birds of preyThe version of Cassandra Cain will be a child, and Variety reports that Ella Jay Basco is negotiating for the role. This will be Basco's first appearance on screen, after being the star of television series like The anatomy of Gray, Superior Donuts and Veep. Cassandra will be protected by Black Canary and Huntress, as well as by Harley Quinn, when she will discover that a diamond belongs to Black Mask, one of the biggest crime bosses in Gotham City.

Introduced in 1999 Batman # 567, who was in the middle of the No Man's Land cross story, Cassandra Cain is the daughter of the assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva. Cassandra was raised by David to become a deadly assassin, and she eventually became a skilled martial artist who could effectively read body language at the cost of Cassandra learning to read, write or speak. After killing her first target, Cassandra felt immense guilt and ran away from her father. Founded by Barbara Gordon, who has long been Oracle, Cassandra has become one of its field agents.

When Bruce Wayne learned of Cassandra Cain's existence, he took the girl under her wing and trained her to fight after her brain was restored so that she looked more like a person. normal, which led him to become the new Batgirl. During Grant Morrison's Batman Inc. race, Cassandra started with Black Bat. She was reintroduced into the New 52 series during the Batman & Robin Eternal series and, although she was never Batgirl in this version of the DC story, she became a member of the Bat family and is codenamed Orphan.

Although Cassandra Cain appeared in several video games and made an appearance in the Justice League episode "The Savage Time Part 1," Birds of prey will essentially mark its first major appearance on the screen. Given her age, it's safe to assume that she will not show up as Batgirl or a superhero in the movie. However, if Birds of prey did well enough to launch his own film series. Perhaps we could see this Cassandra become a costume vigilante as she gets older.

With Ella Jay Basco lined up to play Cassandra Cain, Birds of preyCasting, Margot Robbie picking up Harley Quinn, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as a hunter, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary, Rosie Perez as detective Renee Montoya and Ewan McGregor as Black Mask. Cathy Yan directs and Christina Hodson wrote the screenplay.

Birds of prey theatrically on February 7, 2020. Regarding the development of the CUSD, you can find this information in our practical guide.