Everything you need to know about the Birds of Prey film - starring Joker’s girlfriend Harley Quinn

This year brings with it another slate of comic book adaptations, with the famous Batman villain and Joker paramour, Harley Quinn finally getting her very own movie in 2020.

Birds of Prey - or, to give it it’s full title, Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - will follow on from 2016’s bad guy team up film, Suicide Squad.

After the likes of Shazam’s goofy high school story, Aquaman’s hallucinatory epic and Joker’s broody drama, Birds of Prey will continue DC’s attempt to push its cinematic universe into all sorts of different directions.

Here’s everything you need to know about the new movie.

Birds of Prey will see Harley Quinn will facing off against Black Mask. Picture: Warner Bros

What is Birds of Prey about?

This time around, rather than joining forces with a bunch of wanted criminals to take on a pair of mystical siblings, Harley will be joining forces with a bunch of vigilantes to take on a local crime boss named Black Mask.

Having left the Joker on read, Harley is a reformed character who is now looking to turn her talents for violence towards more justified ends.

She is called into action once more when Black Mask orders a hit on a young girl named Cassandra Cain. With the whole of Gotham gunning for the girl’s head, Harley will need some help to protect her.

Who stars in the film?

Harley Quinn will once again be played by Oscar-nominated actor Margot Robbie. The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Bombshell star has been integral in getting the film made as part of her push to re-balance the gender inequality in the film industry.

She will be joined by Mary Elizabeth Winstead of Scott Pilgrim vs The World and 10 Cloverfield Lane fame. Winstead plays a character named Huntress – the orphaned daughter of a local mobster who becomes a vigilante.

Jurnee Smollet-Bell will portray Black Canary, a clubroom singer who can produce hypersonic screams. Smollet-Bell is mostly known for her roles in Friday Night Lights and True Blood.