DC's upcoming Birds of Prey movie appears to have found the answer The Question.

Renee Montoya, a gay Gotham City police detective who is also the aforementioned costumed superhero, will reportedly be played by Rosie Perez, according to The Wrap.

Montoya works for the Gotham City Police Department, but later resigns due to the corruption that she sees there. In the comics, she soon became one of DC's more prominent LGBTQ+ characters.

Renee is trained by the first man to bear the name of The Question, eventually taking up his mantle.

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Perez joins an already exciting cast for the DC movie, including Margot Robbie reviving her Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad, alongside Fargo star Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress and Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary.

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Robbie previously said that the movie would feature a diverse cast, explaining: "Real life isn't so one specific image. We've got to reflect that on screen."

She has also described the movie as "an R-rated girl gang film including Harley".

"I was like, 'Harley needs friends'," she explained. "Harley loves interacting with people, so don't ever make her do a standalone film.

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"She's got to be with other people, it should be a girl gang. I wasn't seeing enough girl gangs on screen, especially in the action space."

The movie is due to be helmed by Dead Pigs director Cathy Yan, with Bumblebee's Christina Hodson writing the screenplay.

Birds of Prey will land in cinemas on February 7, 2020.


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