Meet the Birds of Prey

 is an American CGI-animated action-adventure-thriller superhero film based on  by DC Comics, being directed by. It is produced by, Village Roadshow Pictures, DC Films and Warner Animation Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, being released theatrically and on HBO Max on July 15th, 2021.

Summary
Barbara Gordon has been feeling alone due to all of the other members of the Batfamily being out of Gotham. Things soon turn to an interesting side when both Barbara saves a teenager named Stephanie Brown and the heroine known as Black Canary came to town looking for a kidnapped scientist from Star Labs. Soon, the three of them plus Barbara's friend, the Huntress, have to work together when they learn about Steph's father's, the Cluemaster, plans to kidnap various scientists for an unknown reason.

Full plot
The film begins in the streets of Gotham at night as Victor Zsasz has held a model hostage, planning to kill her, while she screams for help. As he prepares to kill her, Barbara shows up by throwing a batarang at him. At first, he's surprised by seeing him by herself, but then TBD.

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Voice cast
Barbara's mentor Bruce Wayne/Batman and her other best friend Dick Grayson/Nightwing are shown on the prologue and photos, but neither has a speaking line, with Bruce being a space mission with the Justice League and Dick moving to crime-filled Blüdhaven to create his own legacy, while Jason Todd/Red Hood and Tim Drake/Robin are mentioned during it as well, with Jason revealed to operating by himself as a vigilante and Tim currently leading the Teen Titans. The some of the names of scientists kidnapped by the Cluemaster are shown to be Dr. Grace Balin, Dr. Mark Desmond and Dr. Matt Hagen.
 * Ellie Kemper as Barbara "Babs" Gordon/Batgirl/Oracle, a geeky young adult heroine who has been dealing with feelings of isolation as she soon deals with the mix of leading a team, mentoring a sidekick and stopping the kidnapping of scientists.
 * Katherine Langford as Stephanie "Steph" Brown/Spoiler, a rebellious teenager whose father is the super villain known as the Cluemaster as she soon ends up being trained by Barbara into becoming a heroine of her own.
 * Olivia Wilde as Dinah Lance/Black Canary, a stoic vigilante who comes from Star City chasing after Cluemaster as she can shoot sonic screams from her mouth as she initially reluctantly joins the Birds.
 * Kat Dennings as Helena Bertinelli/Huntress, Barbara's best friend who is a vigilante who uses a crossbow as she is extremely cocky and often makes sarcastic remarks.
 * Rachel Bloom as Dr. Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn, the former sidekick of the deceased Joker who is supposedly working for Cluemaster as it is revealed that she is the one manipulating him, wanting the scientists to craft a serum fusing the Titan and Man-Bat formulas in order for her to cause true chaos on Gotham City.
 * as Arthur Brown/Cluemaster, Stephanie's father who is a clue-obsessed supervillain as he begins targeting scientists to craft him a serum that he can use to blackmail Gotham.
 * Andy Samberg as Garfield Lynns/Firefly, an insane fire-obsessed super villain who gets hired to work for Cluemaster as he loves causing fires.
 * Gillian Jacobs as Natalia Mitternacht/Nocturna, a cold villainess who is capable of controlling darkness itself as she gets hired by Cluemaster to work for him.
 * Nick Offerman as Com. James Gordon, Barbara's father who is the chief of Gotham's police as he is still unaware of her heroics, being surprisingly protective of her.
 * as Det. Renée Montoya, a detective working for the GCPD who ends up investigating Cluemaster as well, eventually becoming an ally to the Birds.
 * as Victor Zsasz, an insane criminal who is obsessed with beauty, finding a deranged passion in capturing and eventually killing those he finds beautiful.

Logo variations

 * Warner Bros. Pictures/Warner Animation Group: the Warner Bros. Studios backlot is located in Gotham City in the middle of night as the shield then reveals to be colored similarly to the Batman logo, being set as the Batsignal.
 * DC Films: the logo has a neon purple design.
 * Village Roadshow Pictures: the logo has a black and white color scheme.

Transcript
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Trivia

 * Although being CGI, the animation for the film was heavily stylized to give an unique tone similar to the one of .
 * The film is mainly set to counter-balance the divisive fan reception of the since it features a truer to the source roster and plotline, although still taking some liberties like Barbara not being wheelchair-bound as a result of the events of  not happening, Stephanie Brown being a member and Harley Quinn being notably way more sinister.
 * The film's screenwriters wanted to bring Harley back to her more shady roots, especially due to their disappointment about the DCEU trying to turn her into sort of an anti-heroine, taking inspiration from the to turn her into a bigger villain.
 * The film was originally intended to be released exclusively on theaters, but the ongoing covid-19 pandemic forced Warner Bros. to premiere it on HBO Max as well.