Birds of Prey screenwriter Christina Hodson has confirmed that the upcoming DC movie will act as a standalone film rather than a follow-up to 2016’s Suicide Squad.
In a recent interview with Total Film, Hodson openly discussed her approach to crafting the screenplay for the Harley Quinn spin-off movie, describing the Birds of Prey script as a “standalone story”, per ScreenRant.
“It’s a character we have met before, but it’s really its own story, and that’s kind of how I approached it,” she said. “I just tried to take myself off-leash. I fell in love with this character, and then all of these other new characters. And I just created a brand new story that felt like its own thing, and that doesn’t have to feel like it follows one or the other.”
Source: IGN.com Birds of Prey Is Not a Suicide Squad Sequel, Says Screenwriter