As part of a huge push to bring Harley Quinn to the DCEU's forefront,
Birds of Prey is tasked with expanding the character in addition to introducing several other anti-heroines, one of which is Mary Elizabeth Winstead's The Huntress.
In an extensive interview with The New York Times,
10 Cloverfield Lane's Mary Elizabeth Winstead described the tone of the film and the team's dynamic, citing a very specific decade as an indicator.
In Birds of Prey I play this assassin who’s been trained since childhood. It’s all women and genuinely funny and weird. It feels from the ’90s, in the best way.
Hearing that the film will be funny and weird is always welcome. As for the 1990's comment, it seems unlikely that the movie will actually be set during that time period and will instead take influence from the style/music associated with the era.
Another superhero film that touched on the decade recently was
Captain Marvel, which also focused on a female protagonist. The question remains: which film will include more Blockbuster Videos?
Birds of Prey hits theaters February 2020.
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