Birds of Prey gets name change, now called: Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey (Update: WB did not change the films name)
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It would if he didn't get the whole cast minus will Smith and jaret Leto back.
Doubt it, she's absolutely perfect as Harley in the movie. Even if DC pulls back on the anti-hero spin-off stuff, if Harley is ever in more DC films they'll undoubtedly stick with Margot.
I mean they're not idiots, they just don't know. A very small percentage of people spend their time anywhere like Era and if they've not seen the film advertised, they won't know.
It's why when you're making a Harley Quinn movie, you give it her name.
They could still ignore everything before it and start from this point, providing it turns out really good. I know that's not what the plan is, but it could have been a good place to start fresh.
It's a shame they have taken so long to make a Flash movie, because they could have reset the universe with that movie, if done right.
The marketing for this movie has been completely awful. Can't say I even really enjoyed it when I saw it the other day. It was just there? It's ok I guess? But HQ has been in two movies and I'm already sick of the character.
The name is part of the problem but really for me, the trailers didn't sell me on it at all and I would guess that goes for a lot of people, the name alone doesn't do that but I get that Harley Quinn is more known so might move the needle a bit. My other off putting problem is they didn't just reimagine the whole thing, why root even a toe in Suicide Squad. Should have been a complete make over, Harley herself should not have had any visible relation to Suicide Squad.
I'm not talking about the people who don't know about the movie; I'm talking about people who know about it and were turned off by its title.
Oh right - is that many people though? I thought the original title felt a bit pretentious and silly but it didn't put me off.
It's enough to force Warner to change the movie's title.
They're not changing the name because people don't like it, they're changing the name because it's not clear what the movie is, which is why you got the two replies you did to your initial post.
Birds of prey is a dumb name but the bigger problem is that only comics nerds and pre-teen girls who shop at hot topic think Harley Quinn is good. Everyone else finds the character irritating.
Ghostbuster (2016) is now Ghostbusters: Answer The Call.
I never liked the original title, even if it could be anod to 1970s Italian comedies...?
It's almost like general audience don't pay that much attention to whatever coming out and it's almost movie titles don't generally play cute with their title (i like the title but it's dumb marketing)
XForce and( the Fantastic emancipation of Deadpool )
Unless she is wearing hot pants etc. then wow, got to see this film. That's not thinking very highly of people but I can't help thinking that's what got people to watch Suicide Squad and made Harley a mega costume hit that year. Sad but true?
I don't think that's the same thing. All You Need is Kill is just the name of the light novel it was adapted from. I don't think the adaptation was ever originally called that
They literally have a comic book coming out, presumably to cross promote, called exactly that.
That art, yeesh.
The movie was definitely All You Need Is Kill at one point
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I've noticed plenty of students around me IRL are actually fans of Harley/Joker/Suicide Squad/DC and do not know what this movie is. It failed to reach people big on a marketing level, whether it's the name, timing, social media presence or what. The name change can only help it IMO.
Except we are getting Raya and The Last Dragon later this year.
Unless that film is getting renamed to Raya at some point.
It less shorter title and more not to sound too much like a princess movie even if tangled and frozen are one
"...and the last dragon" doesn't sound like a princess movie imo
Yes people are dumb
But she IS a big seller. At one point, DC revealed she sold more merch than almost any other character but Batman and Superman a few years back, and her comic was outselling Wonder Woman and Superman awhile back. She's now rightly considered DC's "fourth pillar" alongside Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.
I think that's why so much of this is bad marketing. Like, if you had a Batman movie and called it "The Outsiders, and the Grim and Gritty Detective Story of Batman" you wouldn't have nearly as much interest as "Batman and the Outsiders".
Harley Quinn is big, but WB really didn't know how to leverage her. The fact that she also IS big with teenage girls yet they made the film R-rated also cut them off at the knees.
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DC's edginess bit them in the ass it seems. It was a decent movie but you want to sell Harley Quinn leading a group of females you make it where every girl no matter the age can see it.
At least it wasn't like the rumored first test screening that would have made it bomb even more
At least it wasn't like the rumored first test screening that would have made it bomb even more
What's the test-screening rumor?
Maybe I just haven't been paying close attention in the past, but there's a weird obsession with defending this movie and its performance on Twitter right now. People are almost belligerent about it. It didn't do great. It's not a condemnation of the movie or it's content, I don't get why people are taking it so personally.
It did kind of blow my mind that nobody in production took issue with their UK ad spot not showing the title long enough to actually read the whole thing. It took multiple goes and even then I mistook fantabolous for fantastic and completely missed emancipation of one.
Hell even how I was misreading the title was an upgrade though.
Hell even how I was misreading the title was an upgrade though.
According to Deadline
How ‘Birds Of Prey’ Went Astray With $33M+ Opening – Sunday Final
Warner Bros' DC is hitting a pothole in the road with Birds of Prey, which is on its way to a $33.8 million domestic opening.
deadline.com