To celebrate Black Canary's birthday, #BlackCanaryHBOSeries is trending on Twitter as fans call for a Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) spinoff. After Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn broke out in Suicide Squad, Warner Bros. and DC Films developed multiple movies for her to star in. Birds of Prey emerged from the development cycle and introduced Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco), Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez), and Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett) to the DC Extended Universe.
The end of Birds of Prey paved the way for WB and DC to make sequels and spinoffs, and this has left fans hoping some of the new breakout characters will get shows of their own. Viewers particularly have taken an interest in seeing Jurnee Smollett return as Dinah Lance in some form. She was only starting to come into her own by the time Birds of Prey ended, and the movie last showed her teaming up with Montoya and Huntress to fight criminals. Smollett has expressed her desire to play Black Canary again in some capacity, and now fans are showing their support for more.
April 10th is Black Canary's birthday in the comics, so fans have rallied around the date to share the collective interest in a Black Canary HBO Max series. #BlackCanaryHBOSeries is currently trending on Twitter, with more than ten thousand tweets using the hashtag. While the campaign is primarily driven by DC fans, several creators associated with DC Comics have shared their support too. Artists Mitch Gerards and Doc Shaner and writers Tom Taylor and Gail Simone are some of those with DC ties who are amplifying the #BlackCanaryHBOSeries campaign.
The desire for a Black Canary HBO Max series comes as the streaming service is beginning to get a bigger DC presence. The platform recently became the home for Zack Snyder's Justice League after fans campaigned for years to see it released. Hopefully a Black Canary series won't take as long to be made. HBO Max is currently developing multiple DC shows that spinoff from the movies. John Cena will star in Peacemaker after The Suicide Squad, and a GCPD prequel to The Batman is in the works. There are also plans for a Green Lantern show and multiple Justice League Dark properties.
Even though WB and DC have yet to announce any plans for Black Canary or other Birds of Prey characters to continue, an HBO Max show starring Jurnee Smollett could be great. Dinah's story can continue in multiple directions and dive deeper into her life and powers. It could also be a place to introduce Green Arrow to the DCEU or bring back other Birds of Prey stars if a sequel isn't going to be made. And since The CW has decided to not move forward with its Green Arrow and the Canaries show, this could be the only DC property with Black Canary if it happens.
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