If you haven’t had enough DC movie news in the past couple days, you’re in luck, because we’ve got another very interesting bit coming your way. It was recently revealed that Warner Bros. is developing a DCEU spin-off that will center on Jared Leto’s Joker andMargot Robbie’s Harley Quinn. It turns out that this project is actually taking the place ofGotham City Sirens, which has been in development since late last year, and won’t be happening in addition to the female-centric team movie.
The news comes fromThe Tracking Board. In their report about the Joker and Harley Quinn movie, which is set to be written and directed by filmmakers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (Focus), it was revealed thatGotham City Sirenshas been “reconceived” asHarley Quinn Vs. the Joker, which seems to be a priority for the studio moving forward. Here’s what The Tracking Board’s report had to say about it.
“This project would come on the heels of the characters' reunion in Suicide Squad 2, and would take the place of Gotham City Sirens, which has been reconceived.”
On the one hand, it’s little surprising thatGotham City Sirenswon’t be happening, since it seemed like something Warner Bros. had dumped a lot of time and resources into. On the other hand, there are a lot of projects withJoker and Harley Quinnbeing developed right now, and something had to give way. It also recently came to light that Warner Bros. is working on aJokerorigin story movie that will take place outside of the DCEU, with Martin Scorsese producing and Todd Phillips (The Hangover) directing. Plus, they just putSuicide Squad 2on the fast track, so there doesn’t seem to be a lot of room in there for bothGotham City Sirensand this untitled “criminal love story” between Joker and Harley.
This is just the latest in a big series of news in relation to DC movies at Warner Bros. that also included some confusion over Matt Reeves’The Batmanand whether or not Ben Affleck is going to be in it. Interestingly enough, during San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. firmed up their upcoming slate during their Hall H presentation, andGotham City Sirenswasn’t included in the lineup. However, director David Ayer confirmed that he is still planning on making the movie, which he has been attached to since it was announced. If it has indeed been scrapped, it looks like Ayer’s era working on DC movies may be over.
Suicide Squadwas financially very successful, but the production was troubled and the movie was torn apart by critics. Given the success ofWonder Woman, it seems like Warner Bros. is trying to take theDCEU in a new direction, so it would make sense that they might want to distance themselves fromDavid Ayera bit. As a result, it looks likeGotham City Sirensis dead.
