Batfam Fancast Part 15: Birds of Prey
Barbara Gordon's close friends and personal squad of vigilantes, this group of mostly women are the premiere team when its comes to kicking ass and taking names. Similar to Charlie's Angels,Barbara as Oracle commanded the team to stop crime of all types. We'll be fancasting Black Canary, Huntress,Batwoman, and Lady Blackhawk.
Quick Recap we have Jane Levy as Barbara Gordon , Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Cassandra Cain, and Jacqueline Scislowski as Stephanie Brown.
While Cass and Steph are techinically not part of the Birds of Prey it would make sense to bring them into the fold. Allowing for extra character interactions. The fact is that these young women would have other more experienced women in their field to help teach them, especially if your mentor works with them often.
Huntress
Helena is the super serious badass of the group compared to the level headed Dinah and comedy relief of Zinda. As time goes on she learns to play nice and even appreciate being part of the team.
Just like my post about Jason its time to finalize my choice for Helena Bertenelli. Surprisingly neither of my original choices have been chosen. From Suzie Crabgrass in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide to Rosita in The Walking Dead Christian Serratos has been all over the spectrum of television. The 32 year old actress has done it all and seen it all. Drama, action, horror, comedy, even sparkly vampires. Her experience and skill as an actress has Huntress written all over her.
Lady Blackhawk
Now we are getting into the lore that I bet not even most comicbook gurus would remember. The Blackhawks are a World War II era organization consisting of the world's greatest aviators fighting the Axis Powers along with other superpowered threats. (Now read this section in a 1930s radio voice)
Due to some time displaced shit during a mission Zinda Blake known as Lady Blackhawk finds herself in the modern world. Needing to adjust and find herself she joins the Birds of Prey, even suggesting to Barbara to call the team that. An ace pilot and sharpshooter, she does most if the pilot work for the Birds. Zinda can also hold her own in a fight hand to hand.
She plays a key role as the cooler of the group,as well as order beer in 30 languages, a woman after my heart. Honestly she's just a sassy and cooler MCU Bucky Barnes when you think about it. While everyone else is doing Kung Fu she will Kung Fu your face with a shotgun blast. Rambunctious and Brave , just like her time in the military she is a ride or die for her friends.
To really fit into this vigilante group, I questioned whether to keep her as a time displaced character or as a completely new character. Instead of her being a World War II era Aviator, instead becomes a descendant of the famous pilots. The idea in general is for the Blackhawks to still be a major paramilitary organization, working independently from any government or superpower. In the comics the Blackhawks become a international shipping company kniwns as Blackhawks inc. which she owns 1/8 of the company. I like to combined that idea with the paramilitary idea. Blackhawks inc. is a front for the Blackhawks organization to work internationally without any interruptions.
So the idea goes that Zinda is the youngest pilot and most talented agent of their organization, she inherited her stake in the company from her grandfather, a former Blackhawk, as well as her father a former Naval pilot. A former Air Force veteran herself she struggled with the restrictions and weight the company and her family name brought and soon found herself isolated socially from her more older agents. This isolation eventually led her to be recruited into the Bird of Prey which metaphorically allowed her to spread her wings.
"Great googly moogly Batman! He's typecasting!" Indeed I am! Ironically another actor in this franchise was typecasting for another Aviator centered film. From the Good Cop, and her breakout role in Top Gun Maverick Monica Barbaro is absolutely perfect for this role. Already working crime procedural comedy and the action masterpiece that is the Top Gun sequel she fits this role like a glove.
Batwoman
From character assassinations, terrible story arcs, all around butchering of character concept and continuity, The New 52 might have temporarily increased Comic Book Sales, however it butchered and outright erased multiple popular comic book characters. Though through all the thick and thin of terrible writing was small group of characters that were able to get great stories out of that terrible era. Kate Kane aka Batwoman are one of the first major LGBT+ character in DC and flourished during the New 52.
Daughter to Colonel Jacob Kane and cousin to Bruce Wayne her life was changed when her twin sister and mother were kidnapped, when her father raided the area her mother was killed and sister supposedly killed and was never found. Leaning on her father now more than ever she found herself seeking career in the US Army. She eventually made it to West Point as an incoming freshman. Sadly an anonymous tip accused her of homosexual conduct, her commanding officer asked her to disavow the claim, but as a woman of honor and to uphold the Honor Code of the Academy she will not lie. This sadly forced her out of West Point. While her father was supportive of her coming out, the action of her being forced out a West Point led her to a heavy partying lifestyle when she went to college. Later she defends herself against a mugger and encounters Batman. Inspired by the event she trains with her father and eventually becomes Batwoman.
I felt a need to talk about this character due to the fact that the CW's Batwoman is not the best representation of the character. Feeling too much like another Batman ripoff then the genuine original character from the comics.
In the Birds of Prey I designate her as the team Bruiser. While she is technically the least experienced of all the vigilantes she's willing to throw hands with anybody and everybody. Sort of the opposite of Batman and showing how the Birds and Batgirls the more experienced heros. Think Matt Damon in Ocean's 11,a bit if a rookie but definitely can stand with the big leagues.
For Kate Kane I needed someone with a chip on their shoulder, something to prove. Evan Rachel Wood was my only choice for this role. As the lead in Westworld and a whole laundry list of television and movie roles she feels like the perfect candidate for this Gotham defender.
Black Canary
While Oracle commands the Birds of Prey, the weight of leading the team out in the field goes to Black Canary aka Dinah Lance.Cunning and commanding,she is a skilled fighter that can keep up with the likes of Batman and impress the likes of Lady Shiva who wishes to challange her. But while she is a great hero her origin story are as various and muddled as her Arrowverse portrayal. There is Dinah Drake the original WW2 era Justice Society member, Dinah Laurel Lance Daughter of Dinah (Now pronounced Diana) Drake-Lance member of the Justice League and New 52 Dinah Drake- Lance? Experiment turned government led Leader of Team 7 and divorced punk rock star? Then in Rebirth reverts the origin to its original but her and Slade still team up for some reason? Its all confusing so I'm just going to fuse it into a cohesive story.
Dinah Laurel Lance (Die-Nah) is the granddaughter of Dinah Drake-Lance (Diana) a meta human and the first Black Canary or just Canary, Dinah Drake is a founding member of the Justice Society. Years later after the JS disbandment due to government mandates she is recruited into a government lead Black Ops team known as Team 7. Other well known team members are a young Slade Wilson and future husband Kurt Lance. She retires and divorces Kurt Lance and lives a quiet life as a singer she dreamed to be, afterward having a daughter Diana Lance (Yes I'll confuse you even more) and granddaughter Dinah.
Decades later Dinah Laurel Lance grows up and develops the same metahuman abilities and has to train under her grandmother. Dinah Drake dies of cancer and Dinah at 17 is inspired to go into music creating a punk rock band known as the "The Canaries". The band never hits it big and disbands but has a cult following. This to the fact the masked lead singer dubbed the "Black Canary" was seen fighting crime whenever they were on tour. During her time in the band she was also presuing a degree in psychology eventually earning her degree at 27 (Added some Young Justice lore).
She moves to Star City and develops a romantic relationship with Green Arrow, Oliver Queen. While their love was about 4 years strong they have a falling out when she learned how Oliver treated their ward Roy Harper when they learned he was a drug addict. With Roy leaving after that she breaks up with Ollie and eventually found herself in Gotham meeting Barbara as Batgirl. They become close friends to the point where when Barbara becomes paralyzed she's there to help her recover. A year and repaired Ollie relationship later, Barbara now Oracle creates the Birds of Prey and recruit Dinah as her first member and team leader.
I could have easily gone with the obvious actors for this role, Winnick a popular fancast or even stay with Smollet. But I'm going in a different direction.I didn't want to go with that really well-known actress and wanted someone to really bring in that brawler aesthetic that Black Canary brings. Jessica McNamee is an Austrailian actress best known in America for the USA Network show Sirens or more recently as Sonya Blade in the Mortal Kombat 2021 movie. The very movie where she had to keep up with likes of Lewis Tan, Max Huang and Ludi Lin. While the action was not the best the potential is there, she had a amazing rough fight scene against Kano that really emphazied her toughness. I have the confidence to say this Aussie actor has the potential for this bird.
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DCEU Recast
For fun I’ve decided to do a recast of the DCEU and ps in my version everyone gets their movie before Justice League and it’s Martian Manhunter who brings everyone together
My other DC Fancasts
Batman
Batman Beyond
Superman
Wonder Woman
The Flash
Aquaman
Green Lantern
Green Arrow
Justice League
Teen Titans
Justice League Dark
The Dark Knight Returns
Telltale’s Batman
Injustice
Legion Of Doom
Birds Of Prey
Phase 1
Man Of Steel
Josh Hartnett as Superman/Clark Kent
Emily Blunt as Lois Lane
Harrison Ford as Jonathan Kent
Meryl Streep as Martha Kent
Kate Mara as Lana Lang
Tobey Maguire as Pete Ross
Sean Bean as Jor-El
Kate Winslett as Lara Lor-Van
Rupert Grint as Jimmy Olsen
William Shatner as Perry White
Rachel McAdams as Cat Grant
Patrick Warburton as Steve Lombard
Sterling K Brown as Ron Troupe
Billie Piper as Maggie Sawyer
Christopher Meloni as Dan Turpin
Danny Glover as William Henderson
Richard Schiff as Dr Emil Hamilton
Clancy Brown as General Sam Lane
Terry O’Quinn as Lex Luthor
Tao Okamoto as Mercy Graves
Viggo Mortensen as General Zod
Lena Headley as Faora
Robert Maillet as Non
The Batman(in my version, The Batman comes after Man Of Steel, this will be about how The Joker and Harley Quinn kills Jason Todd, yes both Joker and Harley kill Jason. It’s important that everyone realizes Harley is a villain and not a anti-hero)
Karl Urban as Batman/Bruce Wayne
Peter Capaldi as Alfred Pennyworth
Michael Keaton as Thomas Wayne
Kim Basinger as Martha Wayne
Courtney B Vance as Lucius Fox
Kate Mulgrew as Dr Leslie Thompkins
Diane Kruger as Vicki Vale
Mark Pellegrino as Jack Ryder/The Creeper
Jesús Castro as Nightwing/Dick Grayson
Jane Levy as Barbara Gordon/Oracle
Matthew Daddario as Jason Todd/Robin
Morena Baccarin as Catwoman/Selina Kyle
or Odette Annable as Catwoman/Selina Kyle
or Eiza González as Catwoman/Selina Kyle
Bryan Cranston as James Gordon
Michael Madsen as Harvey Bullock
Stephanie Beatriz as Renee Montoya
Jodie Foster as Sarah Essen
Ben Mendelsohn as Dr Jeremiah Arkham
Rockmond Dunbar as Aaron Cash
Joe Giligun as The Joker
Amanda Seyfried as Harley Quinn
And on the Batcomputer we’d see cameos from the other Batman villains
Alfred Molina as The Penguin/Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot
Liev Schreiber as Two-Face/Harvey Dent
David Tennant as The Riddler
Tobin Bell as Mr Freeze/Victor Fries
Jessica Chastain as Poison Ivy/Pamela Isley
Michael Wincott as Black Mask/Roman Sionis
Adam Driver as Scarecrow/Jonathan Crane
Ben Kingsley as Hugo Strange
Toby Jones as Mad Hatter/Jervis Tetch
Majid Al Masri as Ra’s Al Ghul
Shanina Shaik as Talia Al Ghul
Yasmine Al Massri as Nyssa Raatko
Zhang Ziyi as Lady Shiva
John Lithgow as Arnold Wesker/The Ventriloquist
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Killer Croc/Waylon Jones
Pedro Pascal as Deadshot/Floyd Lawton
Kevin Durand as Solomon Grundy
Jackie Earle Haley as Victor Zsasz
Leonardo DiCaprio as Clayface/Basil Karlo
Woody Harrelson as Firefly/Garfield Lynns
Doug Jones as Man-Bat /Dr. Kirk Langstrom
Daniel Radcliffe as Anarky
Conleth Hill as Calandar Man/Julian Day
Tom Berenger as Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb
Michael Weatherly as Detective Arnold Flass
Will Arnett as Lt. Howard Branden
Robert DeNiro as Carmine Falcone
Al Pacino as Salvatore Maroni
Charlie Heaton as Alberto Falcone
Gwendoline Christie as Sofia Falcone
Vincent Karthieser as Mario Falcone
Nick Nolte as Rupert Thorne
Brad Dourif as Joe Chill
World’s Finest(This is not BVS this is World’s Finest. This is not a dumbed down fight scene just to kiss Frank Miller’s ass to adapt the most overrated comic. I care more about Batman and Superman having strong differences and overcoming them and working together in the end to stop a common threat. They are called the World’s Finest for a reason.)
Karl Urban as Batman/Bruce Wayne
Josh Hartnett as Superman/Clark Kent
Emily Blunt as Lois Lane
Peter Capaldi as Alfred Pennyworth
Bryan Cranston as James Gordon
Michael Madsen as Harvey Bullock
Stephanie Beatriz as Renee Montoya
Rupert Grint as Jimmy Olsen
William Shatner as Perry White
Billie Piper as Maggie Sawyer
Christopher Meloni as Dan Turpin
Joe Gilgun as The Joker
Amanda Seyfried as Harley Quinn
Terry O’Quinn as Lex Luther
Tao Okamoto as Mercy Graves
Wonder Woman
Gemma Arterton as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince
Ryan Gosling as Steve Trevor
Lucy Davis as Etta Candy
Lynda Carter as Hippolyta
Alexandra Daddario as Artemis
Lisa Berry as General Philippus
Robin Wright as General Antiope
Gerard Butler as Ares
Anne Hathaway as Athena
Lucy Lawless as Hera
Liam Neeson as Zeus
Peter Stormare as Hades
Green Lantern(Basically what the animated movie First Flight was. But Buddy Cop adventures of Hal and Sinestro. Hal Jordan mentoring under Sinestro (who does NOT turn evil at the end of the first, but instead the end of the second movie and in the third movie is when we get Sinestro Corps, however my big change to Sinestro’s character is Sinestro isn't a tyrant of his own people. Have it be that Sinestro used the ring to better his own world and his people love him, but the Guardians saw that as interference and marked Sinestro as a threat)
Chris Pine as Green Lantern/Hal Jordan
Lauren Cohan as Carol Ferris
Luke Evans as Sinestro
Zachary Quinto as Tomar-Re
Ken Watanabe as Abin Sur
Scott Bakula as Alan Scott
Ron Pearlman as Kilowog
Michael Sheen as Hector Hammond
With cameos from future Green Lanterns
Trevante Rhodes as John Stewart/Green Lantern
Diego Luna as Kyle Rayner
Aaron Paul as Guy Gardner
Saad Siddiqui as Simon Baz
Dianne Guerrero as Jessica Cruz
The Flash
Garrett Hedlund as The Flash/Barry Allen
Anna Kendrick as Iris West
David Duchovny as Henry Allen
Gillian Anderson as Nora Allen
Sendhil Ramamurthy as David Singh
Lennie James as James Forrest
Peter Weller as Darryl Frye
Juno Temple as Patty Spivot
Tiffany Espensen as Linda Park
Bruce Greenwood as Jay Garrick
Peyton Meyer as Wally West/Kid Flash
Michael C Hall as Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash
Aquaman
Alexander Skarsgard as Aquaman/Arthur Curry
Christina Hendricks as Mera
Stellan Skarsgård as Tom Curry
Kelsey Grammer as Nuidis Vulko
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Dr. Stephen Shin
Nicole Kidman as Atlanna
Michael K Williams as Black Manta
Gustaf Skarsgard as Ocean Master
Teen Titans(I think it’s better to have Teen Titans instead of Suicide Squad in phase 1)
Jesús Castro as Nightwing/Dick Grayson
Ray Fisher as Cyborg/Victor Stone
Sharon Belle as Starfire/ Koriand'r
Natasha Negovanlis as Raven/Rachel Roth
Dylan O'Brien as Beast Boy/Garfield Logan
Peyton List as Terra
Joe Manganiello as Deathstroke/Slade Wilson
Justice League(White Martians will be the villains and J’onn is the one who unites the Justice League)
Karl Urban as Batman/Bruce Wayne
Josh Hartnett as Superman/Clark Kent
Gemma Areton as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince
Garrett Hedlund as The Flash/Barry Allen
Alexander Skarsgard as Aquaman/Arthur Curry
Chris Pine as Green Lantern/Hal Jordan
Giancarlo Esposito as J’onn J’onzz/Martian Manhunter
Phase 2
Man Of Steel 2
Josh Hartnett as Superman/Clark Kent
Emily Blunt as Lois Lane
Elle Fanning as Supergirl/Kara Zor-El
Meryl Streep as Martha Kent
Rupert Grint as Jimmy Olsen
William Shatner as Perry White
Rachel McAdams as Cat Grant
Patrick Warburton as Steve Lombard
Warner Miller as Ron Troupe
Billie Piper as Maggie Sawyer
Robert De Niro as Dan Turpin
Mark Harmon as William Henderson
Richard Schiff as Dr Emil Hamilton
Clancy Brown as General Sam Lane
Terry O’Quinn as Lex Luthor
Ralph Fiennes as Brainiac
Shazam(In title name and Billy shouting only, the choice to call Billy’s hero persona Shazam is a confusing mess)
Channing Tatum as Captain Marvel
Noah Schnapp as Billy Batson
Finn Wolfhard as Freddy Freeman
Rowan Blanchard as Mary Batson
Jim Beaver as Uncle Dudley
Ernie Hudson as Jebidiah of Canaan/The Wizard of Shazam
Jeffrey Wright as Tawky Tawny
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Thaddeus Sivana
Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam
Suicide Squad
Mo´Nique as Amanda Waller
Daniel Craig as Colonel Rick Flag
Pedro Pascal as Deadshot/Floyd Lawton
Jonny Lee Miller as Captain Boomerang
Kristen Bell as Killer Frost
Derek Mears as King Shark
Michael Jai White as Bronze Tiger
Karen Fukuhara as Katana
Holland Roden as Plastique
Wonder Woman 2
Gemma Areton as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince
Ryan Gosling as Steve Trevor
Lynda Carter as Hippolyta
Alexandra Daddario as Artemis
Lisa Berry as General Philippus
Angelina Jolie as Circe
Charlize Theron as Cheetah
Green Arrow
Charlie Hunam as Green Arrow/Oliver Queen
Katheryn Winnick as Black Canary/Dinah Lance
Taron Egerton as Arsenal/Roy Harper
Alona Tal as Speedy/Mia Dearden
Common as John Diggle
Josh Gad as Henry Fyff
Donnie Yen as Yao Fei
Devon Aoki as Shado
Keanu Reeves as Merlyn
Bird Of Prey
Jane Levy as Barbara Gordon/Oracle
Teresa Ting as Batgirl/Cassandra Cain
Katheryn Winnick as Black Canary/Dinah Lance
Eliza Dushku as Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress
Tatiana Maslany as Lady Blackhawk/Zinda Blake
Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Vixen/Mari Jiwe McCabe
Lily Collins as Starling/Evelyn Crawford
Zhang Ziyi as Lady Shiva
Batman Under The Red Hood
Karl Urban as Batman/Bruce Wayne
Peter Capaldi as Alfred Pennyworth
Matthew Daddario as Red Hood/Jason Todd
Bryan Cranston as James Gordon
Michael Madsen as Harvey Bullock
Stephanie Beatriz as Renee Montoya
Michael Wincott as Black Mask/Roman Sionis
Joe Giligun as The Joker
Amanda Seyfried as Harley Quinn
Shanina Shaik as Talia Al Ghul
Justice League:Legion Of Doom
Karl Urban as Batman/Bruce Wayne
Josh Hartnett as Superman/Clark Kent
Gemma Areton as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince
Garrett Hedlund as The Flash/Barry Allen
Alexander Skarsgard as Aquaman/Arthur Curry
Chris Pine as Green Lantern/Hal Jordan
Giancarlo Esposito as J’onn J’onzz/Martian Manhunter
Terry O’Quinn as Lex Luthor
Joe Gilgun as The Joker
Joe Manganiello as Deathstroke
Michael K Williams as Black Manta
Charlize Theron as Cheetah
Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam
Luke Evans as Sinestro
Michael C Hall as Reverse Flash/ Eobard Thawne
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