‘Black Canary’ Movie In The Works With Jurnee Smollett Reprising Role And Misha Green Writing
ABlack Canarymovie is on the way, withJurnee Smollettreprising the role she played inBirds of Prey, andMisha Greenon board to write the script. Green and Smollett previously worked together onLovecraft Country.Like the upcomingBatgirlandBlue Beetlemovies,Black Canaryis being developed directly for streaming service HBO Max.
Cinelinxreports, andColliderconfirms, that aBlack Canarymovie is currently in the works for HBO Max with Jurnee Smollett reprising the titular role. By all accounts, the movie is still in early development, so there aren’t a whole lot of details to report. That said, Misha Green is on board to write, making the movie a reunion of sorts since Green and Smollett previously worked together onLovecraft Country. There’s also a chance that Green could direct the film, but nothing is official yet, and Green is currently attached to directTomb Raider 2. She’s also writing the Jennifer Lopez action filmThe Mother. Sue Kroll, who producedBirds of Prey, will produce theBlack Canarymovie via her Kroll & Co. Entertainment production company.
Guess the Canary is out of the cage! 🤪 So excited to finally embark on this adventure with my creative soul sis@MishaGreen. 🖤💛#blackcanary#dinahlance#lettttssssssgooooooahhhhhhhhh!!!!!https://t.co/GocuNdEn6E
— jurnee smollett (@jurneesmollett)July 06, 2025
Smollett played Black Canary/Dinah Lance inBirds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), a damn good movie that deserves some respect, thank you very much. In the film, Black Canary was a metahuman (that’s what they call superheroes in the ole DCEU) with a supersonic scream she inherited from her mother. She worked as a singer at the nightclub owned by the villainous Roman Sionis/Black Mask and secretly informed on his actions to Gotham City cop Renee Montoya.
Of all the characters inBirds of Preyto get their own spin-off, Black Canary is an interesting, but not unexpected choice. Smollett has real movie star charisma, and she absolutely killed it inLovecraft Country. As forBirds of Prey, it’s currently streaming on HBO Max right now. Go watch it.
DC and HBO Max
In addition to upcoming big-screen DCEU movies likeAquaman 2, Warner Bros. seems to be going all-in on titles being made directly for HBO Max. In addition to thisBlack Canarymovie, there are alsoBatgirlandBlue Beetlemovies in the works directly for the streamer. On top ofthat, there’s also the upcomingGreen LanternTV show, and another show spun-off from Matt Reeves' upcomingThe Batman(a title outside the DCEU). That show will focus primarily on the cops within the Gotham Police Department
Could HBO Max follow in the footsteps of the CW and create one big universe where all these shows crossover? Perhaps, although the Gotham PD show crossing over seems unlikely since it’s in a completely different timeline — unless everyone wants to get all weird and start bringing in multiverses. Then again, the upcomingThe Flashmovie is doing just that — introducing a whole alternate timeline where Michael Keaton is still playing Batman. So I suppose anything is possible.
