Jurnee Smollett Will Be Back to Kick Ass as Black Canary in HBO Max Spinoff Film

With Blue Beetle, Batgirl, and now the Black Canary spinoff, HBO Max is shaping up to be THE place for superhero films. On Aug. 20, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that a Black Canary-centered spinoff was in early development at the streaming service. “We’re just at the very beginning of a loooong journey to the screen,” the film’s screenwriter, Misha Green, wrote on Twitter about the project. “But obvs I couldn’t turn down the chance to put the DAMN in The Black Damn Canary with @jurneesmollett.” Ahead, you can learn everything we currently know about the movie, including its cast, its creative team, and its potential release date.