Margot Robbie is getting ready to fly. Solo.
The Australian actress is set to reprise her Suicide Squad role as Harley Quinn in her own venture, Bird of Prey.
Cathy Yan has signed on to direct the project which is expected to center around female superheroes and villains and be rated R.
“She [Harley Quinn] has got to be with other people, it should be a girl gang,” Robbie told Collider. “I wasn’t seeing enough girl gangs on screen, especially in the action space. So that was always a big part of it.”
The 28-year-old is also producing the film and spoke about the importance of having a woman help the project.
“And then, of course, having a female director to tell that story. And giving a female director the chance to do big budget stuff. They always get ‘Here’s the tiny little film’… I was like, ‘I love action. I love action films. I’m a girl. What, are we meant to only like a specific thing’? So it was hugely important to find a female director for this, if possible. But at the end of the day — male, female — the best director gets the job and Cathy was the best director.”
Birds of Prey will begin production in January.
