It’s already been known for some time now that ‘Gotham City Sirens’ will essentially be a Harley Quinn movie, but now it appears that Warner Bros. want more of Margot Robbie’s character.
According to a new report from Screen Rant, a Harley Quinn vs. Joker spin-off movie is in development:
Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Entertainment are developing a live-action film pitting Harley Quinn against The Joker, Screen Rant has learned. This project is set within the DCEU and is addition to the Suicide Squad sequel (Jaume Collet-Serra is reportedly in the running to direct) and the in-development Gotham City Sirens which sees Margot Robbie’s Quinn in another feature directed by David Ayer.
The project is described as a spinoff and Geoff Johns is set to produce. No story details or production dates have been set as of yet, but it’s possible we learn more during the Warner Bros. panel at San Diego’s Comic-Con International tomorrow where they kick off the big day in the convention center’s Hall H.
The news is definitely welcoming, especially after the report that Warner Bros. could be replacing Ben Affleck as Batman.
The report even suggests the possible idea of ‘Dual Batmen’:
Warners could hypothetically create dual Batmen, keeping Affleck in the role for a planned Justice League follow-up while letting Reeves cast his movie with a different star. But that hardly seems likely. The first Justice League already is at an inflection point: Director Zack Snyder has stepped away in mid-production and his successor, Joss Whedon, is said to be doing extensive reshoots.
Hopefully, that turns out to NOT be the case, as Affleck is, in my opinion, the best on-screen version of Batman we’ve seen to date.