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Are you excited to see Jurnee Smollett-Bell's take on Black Canary in Birds of Prey? The first trailer for Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) debuted last week, introducing audiences to the big-screen takes on some of DC Comics' most beloved heroines. Can you handle another new superhero The Boys? Bye. Verification of this … Amazon Reveals Bloody New Teaser For 'The Boys' Season 2, 'The Umbrella Academy' Season 2 Trailer Released By Netflix, HBO Max Reveals First 'Doom Patrol' Season 2 Trailer, Keanu Reeves' 'Bill And Ted 3' Debuts First Trailer & New Poster. Smollett-Bell revealed. “It's always fun introducing audiences to a new character,” Birds of Prey screenwriter Christina Hodson told ComicBook.com last year. "I'm hopeful because it does feel like there are so many people who are not waiting for a seat at the table to tell our stories. The worst! A split second of the trailer also appeared to allude to her iconic Canary Cry, the supersonic scream that she has in the comics. Some time after the aforementioned drinks, Smollett-Bell and Robbie are doing their own spin on the, "I'm now so fortunate that I've got an extended girl gang of the women that I've worked with in this film," she says before excitedly blurting it out: "Margot is going to give me a tattoo. Doom Patrol will premiere on February 15, 2019 exclusively on DC Universe. You know, I cannot remember that having been done before," she tells Refinery29 over the phone during the film's London junket. Lol. ‘Birds of Prey’: Black Canary Star Jurnee Smollett-Bell Says ‘Injustice 2’ Made Her A Fan, Birds Of Prey CCXP Brazil Trailer Revealed Comic-Accurate Look For Black Mask. 'Fantastic Four': What Did Josh Trank's Original Vision Look Like? Jurnee Smollett-Bell has made it clear that while she loves playing Black Canary for Birds of Prey, she doesn’t like the retcons done to the character in the comics. “It's great doing a deep dive into all the different characters, doing my research on the characters collectively bit also individually and getting to know them a bit more, and then feeling free to go off-leash a little bit and do something new and different and bring them to screen in a way that felt right alongside Harley.”. So it’s really about her accepting her gift and accepting her power and that’s what was so fascinating for me is to explore this woman who has such strength, but exploring someone who doesn’t want to own her power.". Birds of Prey: Jurnee Smollett-Bell Teases Her Take on Black Canary. We’ve seen supes on The Boys use their powers for evil before — ahem, Homelander (Antony S. The case of Jeffrey MacDonald’s murdered, pregnant wife and two young daughters has fascinated the public for decades. Share your thoughts with us in the comments below! They're building their own tables. And look, we've got a long way to go, and the number of women behind the camera is so dismal, but it's also exciting," says Smollett-Bell of what she sees as a turning point in blockbuster films. Along with the premiere of the first teaser for Doom Patrol, DC Universe also debuted a collection of character posters for each of the members of perhaps the strangest team of characters to be adapted in live-action form for DC Comics. Jurnee Smollett-Bell.