Mary Elizabeth Winstead Is Down to Return as Huntress, Will She Be Back in Black Canary?

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who is currently busy promoting her upcoming Netflix action thriller,Kate, is open to reprising her role as Huntress in the DC Extended Universe. Winstead debuted as Helena Bertinelli, a crossbow-wielding assassin in 2020’sBirds of Prey. Winstead’s take on the character was praised by most fans, and she was a standout character in the film. But withBirds of Preyunderperforming at the box office, plans for a sequel and aGotham City Sirensmovie were put on hold indefinitely.

But recently, HBO Max announced a soloBlack Canarymovie starring Jurnee Smollet-Bell, leading many to believe that the characters ofBirds of Preymay not be done just yet. Speaking to Collider, Winstead talked about the Black Canary movie and expressed her desire to play Huntress again. Here is what she said.

“I love her, too! I’msuper excited about the Black Canary movie. I love Jurnee, I love the work that she did and I can’t wait to see what they do with that. I have no idea what other characters are gonna potentially be involved. I don’t know if Huntress is gonna continue on in some way. You know, there are so many different iterations of Huntress whether it’s in the comics or in TV and film, and so I don’t know if my version of her is gonna continue on. But, I do love her and if there was an opportunity to do that then I would be down for it, so we’ll see!”

It looks likeMary Elizabeth Winsteadhasn’t heard anything from WB or HBO Max but will reprise her role as the assassin Huntress in the DCEU if given the opportunity. Misha Green, the creator ofLovecraft Country, is onboard to write the untitled Black Canary solo movie with Jurnee Smollet reprising her role as Dinah Lance aka Black Canary fromBirds of Prey. Margot Robbie too played Harley Quinn again in James Gunn’sThe Suicide Squadbut there have been no discussions about otherBirds of Preycharacters appearing in any upcoming DC movie. And it’s all because of the film’s disappointing box office gross.

WhileBirds of Preywas by no means a huge failure, it did perform way below expectations upon its release last February. Written by Christina Hodson and directed by Cathy Yan,Birds of Preymade $200 million on a $100 million budget. Marketed as an action-packed R-rated spinoff to 2016’sSuicide Squad, WB may have overestimated the fans' interest in the film. Everyone loves Harley but not so much as to see her in a solo movie. WhileBirds of Preyalso starred Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya, Ewan McGregor as Black Mask/ Roman Sionis, and Chris Messina as Victor Zsasz, it was mainly a Harley Quinn movie.

That being said, Winstead seems quite passionate about her character so let’s hope she gets to playHuntressagain in the DCEU. The10 Cloverfield Lanestar will next be seen kicking ass in the upcoming Netflix originalKate. Directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan and written by Umair Aleem,Katesees Winstead playing an assassin who, after learning she has only 24 hours to live, befriends the daughter of a past target and goes on a manhunt in Tokyo.Kateis produced byAtomic Blondedirector David Leitch and also stars Miku Martineau, Woody Harrelson, Michiel Huisman, and Tadanobu Asano.Katestreams on Netflix from September 10. This news comes to us fromCollider.