Film director “Birds of Prey: The Fascinating Story of Harley Quinn“(Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) Katie Yan claims she did not have full creative control over the project. She stated this in a podcast The playlist…
In particular, Yan complained about the pressure from the studio. Warner Bros., which at the time of production of the film was in the process of major structural changes. She also links problems with a large budget, which imposes additional responsibilities.
As a result, the director had to make compromises. Because of this, she allegedly lacked control over editing material and creative decisions.
The R-rated comedy Birds of Prey: The Fantastic Story of Harley Quinn has managed to set an anti-record MCU, raising in the first weekend in the North American market only 45-50 million dollars. Before that I was trailing in the tail “Shazam!“, which earned 53 million dollars over the same period.
After the start of the rental studio Warner Bros. in a panic changed the title of the tape – from “Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” to “Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey“(Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey).
An aggressive advertising campaign, in which he played a crime boss of a non-traditional sexual orientation, did not help to increase fees either Roman Zionis (Black mask) actor Ewan McGregor He praised the film with might and main for “fighting misogynists.” It’s funny in the context of the scandalous divorce of the Briton from his wife after he was caught in treason. At the same time, McGregor’s eldest daughter called her father an exclusively “asshole.”
As for the problems with the production of the picture, they were also known about. In particular, insiders reported a rework of the script. In addition, the production team was having trouble with the action scenes, causing Warner Bros. I had to ask the director for help “John Wick” Chadu Stahelski and his company 87eleven… Yan herself claims that the collaboration with Stahelski was planned from the very beginning, although the quality of the fight scenes in the film jumps a lot (excellent scene in the bank and extremely bad final fight).
The case of Katie Yan is also interesting for the reason that before “Birds of Prey” she did not shoot anything significant. The director has only a few short films and a comedy for the Chinese market.
It is a fairly common trick for film studios to hire inexperienced filmmakers to tighten control over production. But in recent years, a similar trend in Hollywood has been observed more and more often.
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