This week a conversation with Harley Quinn series co-creators Patrick Schumacker and Justin Halpern was published in Variety and sparked a firestorm on social media.

Specifically, a detail that Justin Halpern shared about a disagreement between the series creators and DC Comics caught fans' attention. While Halpern was noting the freedom the animated HBO Max show allows — thanks to its focus on villains, rather than the hero characters, who are generally treated more preciously — he offered a telling counterexample to illustrate the point.

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What do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a fashion industry that ignores her?

You get inappropriate laughter, white face paint, and a mononym title for a villain's gritty origin story. In other words: exactly what you deserve.

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Stop Putting Jared Leto in Movies

Jared Leto will reprise his role as The Joker in Zach Snyder's "Justice League." Below, read one whistleblower's unheeded warning.

Jared Leto @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit Celebrating the Opening of Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty - The Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC

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There's a big problem with the trailer for Morbius, Sony's upcoming Marvel outing that is definitely not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe even though it has Michael Keaton reprising his role as Vulture (please let us keep our license, Disney!).

See if you can spot it.

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One Harley Quinn Now 100% More "Fantabulous" and Free

Star Margot Robbie revealed the (very long) title of the next Harley Quinn movie on Tuesday

BIRDS OF PREY – Official Trailer 2

As if it didn't already require a cork board and a spool of red string to keep track of all of the comic book characters, storylines, and intellectual property being mined for sequels and spin-offs, Warner Brothers has confirmed that the equally unnecessarily excessive title for the Harley Quinn-centric film will be Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). Margot Robbie, who plays the titular Quinn, revealed the title by posting a photo of the script for the film on Instagram yesterday.

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Kaley Cuoco

All you need to know.

Full Name: Kaley Christine Cuoco

Date of Birth: November 30, 1985

Born: Camarillo, CA

Occupation: Actress, producer

Status: Married to Karl Cook (2018)

Children: 0

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FILM & TV

From Comedy to Comic Books…

Actress Kaley Cuoco to be DC Comics' new Harley Quinn

Welcome to the DC Universe, Kaley Cuoco!

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